Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security Marks its Anniversary

03.11.2015

 During the month of the anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) Commander Major General Guglielmo Luigi Miglietta invited KWN Executive Director Igballe Rogova on 9 Oct. to discuss this crucial Resolution and its implementation in Kosovo; the significant role that KWN plays towards achieving gender equality; political situation in Kosovo and also about security issues for women and importance of women having economic support.

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Gender Coordination Group Discusses Best Practices on Using Social Behaviour Change Campaigns

03.11.2015

Coordination of the many organizations, donors, and government agencies working on women and property rights has been identified as a major need. In order to improve cooperation between organizations, individual organizations need to be informed about each other’s agendas. The Gender Coordination Group (GCG) for Property Rights Program (PRP) was reactivated this year, building on the platform that existed last year. 
    GCG members are people from different sectors, including civil society, government and donor agencies that are working in areas relevant to property rights and women’s rights. Members meet bimonthly to discuss and plan activities regarding women’s property rights.  GCG’s mission is to develop activities that will help strengthen legislation and court procedures to better protect women’s property rights, change cultural attitudes and behaviours about women’s property rights, and promote opportunities to engage as economic actors. 
      On October 9th, 2015, GCG held a workshop to learn more about Social Behaviour Change Campaigns (SBCC). SBCC are campaigns that use data, as well as creative ideas, to focus on positively influencing social norms in support of long-term, sustainable behaviour change within a population. 
     Virginia Williams, a communications consultant from Tetra Tec, led the workshop.  Williams talked in detail about applying SBCC concepts to the For Our Common Good campaign. Williams shared the best practices regarding the campaign by giving examples that were used before. Also it was stated that the most important tool while using SBCC is to know how to most effectively deliver the concepts of SBCC to a given target group. In particular, Williams emphasized the importance of readjusting the message of the campaign based on an audience, whether it primarily based of children, women or elderly individuals After Williams concluded her presentation, participants were given the opportunity to brainstorm ways to most effectively reach their given target groups for the Our Common Good campaign.

 

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Ministry of Economic Development Organizes Forum on Women in ICT

03.11.2015

Women’s unemployment in Kosovo remains very high. According to the latest Labour Market Survey, only one in ten women are employed. Women are excluded from many fields with information, technology and communications (ITC) being among the most apparent.
     On Oct. 28, the Ministry of Economic Development, in cooperation with the World Bank, organized the annual forum on women’s involvement in information and communication technology. The aim of this annual forum is to discuss last year’s achievements in women’s inclusion in ICT fields, and to debate future plans.
     In her opening remarks, Besa Zogaj Gashi, deputy Minister of Economic Development, highlighted that women are four times less likely to enter ICT fields. She added that this can greatly impact the country’s economic development.
     The first panel was high level, composed of various ministers stating their efforts towards increasing women’s involvement in ICT. Minister of Finance Avdullah Hoti, Minister of Trade and Industry Hykmete Berisha, and Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Arban Abrashi all stated their commitment to increasing women’s participation in ICT.
     The second panel discussed women’s inclusion in ICT education and jobs. Vegim Gashi, Director of KOMTEL, said that there are many challenges that women face in entering ICT fields, emphasizing the problematic nature of the current labor law. “As an ICT businessman, as a father of two daughters, and as a feminist, I believe that the current Law on Labour, especially articles concerning Maternity Leave need to be amended, in order to decrease the negative aspects this law has on women entering ICT fields,” Mr. Gashi said. 
      Overall, this annual forum showed that while there are many challenges facing women in ICT, there is abundant political will to overcome these challenges. This forum was supported by World Bank. 

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University Students Trained on Gender Budgeting

03.11.2015

Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) is a more efficient and more transparent way of planning and allocating government budgets. As of 2015, GRB is a legal obligation for all budget organizations in the Republic of Kosovo. While being a legal obligation, it remains a rather new and unfamiliar way of fiscal planning. Noticing the gap between legal obligation and lack of institutional know-how, the EU Information and Cultural Center in Kosovo and KWN identified the need to train future economists on this issue.
   Around 30 students attended the one day workshop held on Oct. 6 at the EU Information and Cultural Centre. The discussions were lively and interesting. The workshop covered a wide range of introductory information including: what GRB is, the most persistent gender inequalities in Kosovo, the need for more responsible budgeting and some of the most frequent misunderstandings related to GRB. Further, Donjeta Morina from KWN presented the practical methodology of KWN integration, citing examples from ministries and municipalities in Kosovo.
   One economics student, expressing her interest in the topic, emphasized the importance of future generations knowing how to use GRB. “GRB is a very important tool for increasing gender equality, and from what I have heard today, I would love for it to be included in University curricula,” the student added.
The workshop was supported by the EU Information and Cultural Center. KWN’s other work related to GRB receives support from Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). 

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AGE, KIPA, GIZ, KWN Begin Redrafting Gender Equality Curricula

03.11.2015

 The Kosovo Institute for Public Administration (KIPA), Agency for Gender Equality (AGE) in the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN have begun collaboration in redrafting the new KIPA curriculum on gender equality for civil servants. Redrafting the curriculum is very important given that the past couple of years have yielded a completely new legal and policy framework related to gender equality in Kosovo.
   AGE, KIPA, GIZ and KWN will begin by organizing discussions with civil servants and directors of municipal directorates, including gender equality officers in diverse municipalities in Kosovo as well as at the central level. Discussions will have two aims: 
1) To briefly present recent changes to laws relating to gender equality in Kosovo 
2) To assess the needs and priorities of civil servants in older to inform the new curriculum on gender equality for civil servants which is currently being prepared by KIPA. 
The redrafting of KIPA’s curricula on gender equality is being financed by the GIZ Legal Reform project with technical support from KWN and should be completed in early 2016. 

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October Marks the Breast Cancer Awareness Month

03.11.2015

 On Oct. 17, Jeta-Vita, The Centre for Fighting Breast Cancer, hosted their annual information and cultural program, In line with the goal of the program, participants marched together while chanting the organization’s motto: “Early Detection Equals Survival,” to boost morale and raise awareness of breast cancer within the Kosovar society.

The program was organized under the patronage of the President of Republic of Kosovo,. Atifete Jahjaga. The program gathered hundreds of citizens, including KWN team staff and other representatives of NGOs, as well as high level state representatives. All participating members gathered to express their solidarity and support for all those affected by the pernicious disease
In addition to their annual program, Jeta-Vita is also organizing additional activities that are scheduled to take place during breast cancer awareness month.

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Sida Brings Together 400 participants in Stockholm for Internet Forum 2015

Sida Brings Together 400 participants in Stockholm for Internet Forum 2015

03.11.2015

 Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF) is an international forum that promotes in-depth dialogue and discussions on how free, open and secure internet access promotes and strengthens human rights worldwide. Founded in 2012 by the Swedish government, SIF15 is the fourth forum in the series. This year, SIF15 was hosted by Sida in Stockholm from Oct. 21 to 22. 
    The Forum brought more than 400 participants, from almost 100 different countries, including policymakers, civil society representatives, activists, business representatives and technical community representatives. In addition to the mentioned participants, members of the KWN also attended.  
   SIF has a standing tradition of focusing on the global south. Half of the participants come from low-and middle-income countries, often from places where internet access is restricted and efforts to promote both internet freedom and human rights can be dangerous. 
   This year. SIF’s theme was to explore internet access from a multi-dimensional approach. The aspects of access were covered through discussions of issues related to economy, technology, policy and human rights, with a special emphasis on gender equality. 
   Participants raised different issues that concerned them in their countries. For example it was stated that according to ITU Worldwide, there are an estimated 200 million fewer women than men online, and this gap could grow to 350 million within the next three years. Other issues that were discussed concerning the gender disparity in internet usage can be found on SIF’s website and twitter page.

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Women of Llapje Unite their Forces to Advocate

03.11.2015

 On Oct. 9, the two organizations Ruka Ruci and Open Door organized a workshop where 24 girls and women from Llapje village participated.
   The workshop took place in spaces of organization “Avenija” in Llapje. Participants discussed everyday problems that they deal with in life and as well as working towards creating solutions for such problems. 
   Representatives of both organizations presented their work and discussed the importance of women’s economic empowerment. Representatives also emphasized the importance of the worshop in increasing awareness of the issues surrounding women’s economic empowerment. “When we don’t know our own rights we cannot even ask for them,” said Belgjyzare Muharremi, Executive Director of Open Door. 
    The first discussion that took place was centered on the lack of implementation of laws. One participant stated that the laws are written well, but they are not implemented in practice. 
    Nevenka Ricallo from Ruca Ruci, stated that “we are the ones that should push the implementation of these laws. The first step is to know these laws better so we can start to advocate about it.” 
     The girls and women who participated had the opportunity to learn more about the Law on Gender Equality, Law on Local Self-Government, and Law on Inheritance. From the discussions, the conclusion that was reached was that most women do not know how to approach the institutions that are responsible for enforcing the laws that are supposed to protect women’s rights in theory. Both organizations will work towards educating young girls and women about how to advocate for their own rights in addition to continuing to raise awareness about the mentioned laws that are in place in order to secure women’s rights.

  “This activity was organized as part of the initiative "Women’s empowerment though the establishment and activation of two women’s groups that will raise awareness for women’s rights and their participation in decision-making processes", supported by Kosova Women’s Fund (KWF) in amount of €7.740 and financed by European Union Office in Prishtina. 

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