KWN and Alter Habitus Launch Report “Where’s the Money for Women’s Rights?”

27.10.2014

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The Kosova Women’s Network (KWN) and Alter Habitus – Institute for Studies in Society and Culture launched the report Where’s the Money for Women’s Rights? A Kosovo Case Study. The research, supported by the Association of Women in Development (AWID) and Kvinna till Kvinna, was conducted between January and September 2013. The report draws from 40 interviews with donors who have worked in Kosovo and a survey of 90 diverse women’s organizations.

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Girls in Gjilan take the Initiative to Raise Awareness on Breast Cancer

23.10.2014

 On Oct. 21, 2014, femACT in Gjilan met Assembly Chairwoman Valentina Bunjaku-Rexhepi, and sought support from the municipality to carry out a breast cancer awareness raising street action.

     The meeting began by discussing the risks of cancer, and how the number of cases affected by this disease are increasing more and more, every day. The main problem they raised is the fact that in most cases, breast cancer shows very few symptoms and is thus not detected on time, therefore it is recommended to have regular checkups.
     While the month of October marks the month of breast cancer awareness raising, and since in Gjilan no activity has yet been announced, the femACT young women want to take this upon their hands.
    Ms. Bunjaku-Rexhepi expressed readiness to support girls for this one-day campaign.
"We support activities organized towards ”‹”‹this important goal, which concerns maintaining the health of women," she said. "This awareness campaign is necessary to make women and girls aware for this threat that is very dangerous for their lives. We must work together towards fighting this serious disease, which if detected early can also be cured. "
    The femACT young women were very grateful, and the plans and preparations have already began.
As a result, with the support of the Municipality of Gjilan, and particularly the support of the Assembly Chairwoman Valentina Bunjaku-Rexhepi, on 1 November 2014, in Gjilan, femACT will organize a street action, where they will distribute brochures and give information on breast cancer prevention, symptoms, control, and diagnostics. 

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Health Care Should Be On School Programs

22.10.2014

 “Be aware for a better life” is the name of the joint project by KWN’s member organizations: Gruaja Hyjnore(Divine Woman) and Shoqata për Edukim dhe Përkujdesjën e Familjës  (Association for Education and Family Care). Both of these organizations have received grants by the Kosova Women’s Fund (KWF).
     This project aims to raise awareness among young people on sexually transmitted diseases in general, HIV/AIDS, and drugs.
     The meeting was held on Oct. 21, in the village of Bec, in Gjakova, with parents and teachers of students who had participated in the earlier lectures.
     The purpose of the meeting was to discuss further steps to be taken, as well as recommendations of mothers and teachers regarding the ways and methods used so far during lectures to youth.
     Most mothers agreed that a course in health education should be a compulsory subject in primary schools for students in grades seven, eight and nine. Some of them also claimed that they themselves have difficulty discussing this topic with their children.
     While others said that most of the time they are held back by the mentality, where such discussions remain taboo and are not discussed between parents and children.
     "We do not have the habit of discussing such topics, so children often remain uninformed. I took the initiative and opened this topic for discussion with my children, but my husband thought the topic should not be discussed," said a mother participating in the meeting.
     There were numerous discussions on various topics related to students, but teachers stated that the best way to prevent the negative phenomena is for students, parents and teachers to collaborate with each other.
     As a conclusion, participants unanimously decided that they should further advocate for such topics to be taught in school, and included in a compulsory subject called: Health Education.
      Representatives of the NGO claimed that they have already begun to address this request to the competent authorities.
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Open Letter on the text of Professor Vesel Latifi

21.10.2014

Addressed to the Author of the educational book “Criminology”, text reviewers of the educational book “Criminology”, Publishing Council, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Pro-rector of Education at the University of Prishtina:
 
Prishtina, October 21st, 2014
 
Through this letter we express our concern with the educational book “Criminology” by the Author Vesel Latifi, especially with regard to Chapter 31.3 titled “Characteristics of Victims of Forced Sexual Intercourse.”
 
We, the undersigned, hereby consider that the language used in this chapter is misogynic and inhuman to the victims of sexual violence, particularly the first two paragraphs of this chapter stating:
 
“Victims of forced sexual intercourse are usually women who are easily lied to, careless, frivolous, and promiscuous, circumstances that cause a victimological situation (attack against them). The objects of rape are often developed women of normal age, who are attractive, but often the 4-5 years-old girls, and in the other extreme, the old women, as well.
 
A case of rape against a 85-year-old woman has been reported. In addition, a large number of reports are false, made by sick, hysterical psychopaths with pathological diseases, etc. In some cases the motives that make women report falsely, even when they are normal, derive from jealousy, lack of love by one side, her being captured in the act, performing sexual act, and she willfully and due to shame speaks about violence, in order to gain material profits, etc.”
 
The World Health Organization defines sexual violence as:
 
“…actions ranging from verbal violence to coerced penetration and other kinds of coercion ranging from social pressure and intimidation to the physical violence.
 
Sexual violence includes, but is not limited to:
·         rape within marriage or dating relationships
·         rape by strangers or known persons
·         unwanted sexual advances or sexual harassment (at school, work, etc.)
·         systematic rape, sexual slavery, and other forms of violence, which are usually used in armed conflicts (for example, forced pregnancy)
·         sexual abuse or mentally or physically disabled people,
·         sexual abuse or rape of children, and
·         ‘customary’ forms of sexual violence, such as forced marriage, relationship, or woman’s heredity.”
 
Not only does the text ignore these forms of sexual violence, but it does not even include the definitions set out by the Criminal Code of Kosovo.
 
The definition of the ‘typical’ victim by professor Latifi is extremely problematic. Serious research on sexual violence in Kosovo provide evidence that women of all ages, ethnicities, marital status, and various regions experience violence in Kosovo, and most of them experience gender-based violence (including the sexual violence) by their intimate partners rather than by a stranger. This violence has the tendency to be part of continuous violation (see: KWN: “Study on Level of Gender-based Violence in Kosovo…”).
 
The victim cannot simply be defined by frivolousness, carelessness, promiscuity, or “victimology” situation it causes. Sexual violence is a symptom of patriarchal society, in which women are considered inferior and their bodies as property. It is worth mentioning that in Kosovo society, it is impossible to think that the victim might also by a man, a boy, or any person who does not fit in the narrow definition of ‘victim’, given in Vesel’s text. Everyone can be a victim, and not only “developed women of normal age”.
 
The sexual violence is not only related to the sexual attraction or lust, but also to the rooted institutional and social inequality. The latter takes the forms as the sexual violence, but also as absence of heritage, legal protection, lack of representation, and concentration of power in hands of men.
 
Without credible references and sources, the author generalizes that a large number of reports are false, and not only false, but made by “sick, hysterical psychopaths with pathological diseases, etc.”, and by women who just lie because of adultery or material gain. Despite the fact that hysteria is a discredited term and diseases cannot be but pathological, such an attitude towards the victims of sexual violence discourages them (males and females) from reporting the violence to the relevant authorities.
 
In fact, the majority of rape cases in Kosovo are supposedly not reported to the justice authorities exactly because of the mistrust the institutions show and the lenient punishments that are imposed on the abusers (KWN, “More than words in paper…”). Moreover, with regard to non-reporting, more than half of interviewed women said that, “their partners forced them to perform sexual acts which they did not want” (KWN, “Study on Level of Gender-Based Violence…”). The same study documents that only 13 out of 96 interviewed gynecologists did not have any case of sexually violated patients. 
 
According to the World Health Organization, there are many reasons why women do not report the sexual violence, such as: lack of support from society and institutions, shame, fear from revenge, fear of blame, fear of maltreatment, and exclusion from society. In a society like Kosovo’s, where women do not find support even in social assistance centers which are obliged to help them; where shelters for the abused women do not have sufficient material sources and human resources to protect them; where policepersons suggest women to go back to their abusers; where families themselves hide the violence cases, mistrust and categorization of women who dare report their abusers as liars and psychologically sick, are but cruel. 
 
Institutions of knowledge are directly included in the creation of social rapports which result in such violence acts and stigmatization of the victims of this violence. The example of reproduction of this cruel attitude against the victims as guilty of the violence they experience is Professor Haki Demolli, who has recently stood in defense of the original text, saying that it represents a legitimate scientific attitude.
 
Instead of an educational text, which would aim at educating the future attorneys-at-law, prosecutors and judges of Kosovo in treating the cases of sexual violence, the “Criminology” text teaches them to mistrust the victims, discredit the charges and portray the female plaintiffs as sick and guilty.
 
We hereby request from the University of Prishtina to immediately strike out the “Criminology” text from the curricula of the Faculty of Law; to undertake the development of a strategy for inclusion of the critical gender perspectives; and to conduct the in-depth review of the accredited curricula and course outlines. 
 
 
The undersigned parties:
 
Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN)
University Program for Gender Studies and Research (University of Prishtina)
Alter Habitus – Institute for Studies in Society and Culture
GAP Institute
Center for Research, Documentation and Publication
Peer Educators Network (PEN)
Kosovar Stability Initiative (KSI)
Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR)
 

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Vita-Jeta Marks the World Osteoporosis Day

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 Osteoporosis is a painful disease that gradually weakens bones, eventually leading to bone fracture. World Osteoporosis Day – 20 October, aims to raise awareness on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease.
    This year, KWN member organization Jeta-Vita, in cooperation with Asociationi për Osteoporzë i Kosovës (Association for Osteoporosis of Kosova) organized an awareness raising activity with the motto: Osteoporoza Sëmundje e Heshtur që Kërcënon (Osteoporosis, the Silent disease that Threatens). They distributed flyers with information on the disease.
     “Activities of this kind are very necessary. Before this activity I did not have any knowledge of the risks of this disease, and now I have all the necessary information” said one participant. 
This activity gathered 50 people, who subsequently marched through city square holding flyers with information on osteoporosis.
 “I think we achieved our goal of informing citizens about this disease; we also offered an information session to members of our organization,” said Ajshe Nuhiu, Executive Director of Vita-Jeta. 

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Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims marks 15th anniversary

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 On 15 Oct. the Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims marked its 15th anniversary. The ceremony aimed at describing this 15 year long journey.
“In autumn of 1999, we began to build the foundations of the Center as a direct answer to the psycho-social medical needs of victims of the systematic violence and torture that the civil population experienced during the war. With great ambitions from the get go, this center aimed towards restoring hope to those who were left with physical and mental consequences” – Said Executive Director Feride Rushiti.
    The initial activities of the Center focused in Prishtina only, but their services quickly expanded covering other damaged areas such as Skenderaj, Drenas, Rahovec, Suharekë, Mitrovicë, Podujevë, Pejë, Deçan dhe Gjilan. Hence, for the past 15 years, this center has marked the main entity for training and rehabilitation of survivors of torture. Thus far, 18.000 people have benefitted from the Centers services.
     Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for Survivors of Torture, has also engaged in multiple studies and researches that serve to educate, document, advocate for, and create national platforms for psycho-trauma. Atifete Jahjaga, President of the Republic of Kosovo, was also present at this ceremony.
    “This center continues to be a powerful voice for the protection of victims of violence and torture”. Said president Jahjaga. “For the past 15 years, the center has been a powerful partner of the citizens of the Republic of Kosovo and its institutions in our strive to find health, legal, and psychosocial mechanisms. This work was done only for the sake of rehabilitating and reintegrating all citizens who have been victims of torture and violence during the war. I would like to thank the director and staff of the center for this work and commitment”
Other participants included many local and itnernational stakeholders, from the civil as well as political spectrum.

 

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KWN Director Shares Advocacy Experience in Georgia

18.10.2014

The East West Management Institute organized a conference on “Applying International Experience of CSO Advocacy” on 16-17 Oct. in Tbilisi, Georgia as part of the USAID-supported Policy, Advocacy, and Civil Society Development Project in Georgia (G-PAC). The Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN)Executive Director Igballe Rogova was among panelists sharing their advocacy expertise.
     During a panel on “International advocacy campaigns: what works and what doesn’t,” Rogova described KWN’s advocacy strategies, using KWN’s advocacy efforts to tackle domestic violence as an example:
 
1.      Step 1. Identify the issue: Domestic violence (DV) is among the most widespread types of violence in Kosovo, but when KWN began its work on this issue immediately after the war, the legal framework for addressing it was incomplete and institutions lacked knowledge, expertise and procedures on how to address it.
2.      Step 2. Devise a Strategy, build a coalition, secure resources: KWN as a network of organizations created its strategy on this issue as part of our organizational four-year strategy, in close cooperation with other actors working in this area. The strategy involved research, awareness-raising, direct advocacy to stakeholders and follow-up monitoring.  KWN built a strong coalition of actors, a “Triangle of Cooperation” between civil society; government, particularly the Agency for Gender Equality (AGE) in the Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo; and donors/international organizations, especially UNDP.
3.      Step 3. Conduct Research: With support from UNDP and under the auspices of AGE, KWN led the first nation-wide random household survey of 1,256 women and men on domestic violence. KWN also interviewed diverse representatives of relevant institutions throughout the country (e.g., policy, judges, prosecutors, social workers, shelters, forensics, healthcare workers). The resulting report, Security Begins at Home, showed the level of awareness of people and institutions regarding various issues related to domestic violence, as well as the extent of incidence of different forms of violence. It contained clear recommendations for policies and specific areas in need of awareness-raising.
4.      Step 4. Formulating policies: Using the research, KWN put forth specific policy recommendations for the legal framework with support from legal experts. 
5.      Step 5. Taking actions: KWN advocated to various institutions regarding the importance of implementing the report recommendations and installing the recommended legal framework by meeting with them and discussing the recommendations orally. KWN representatives then participated in the government working group during the process of drafting the legal framework, including the new Law on Protection against Domestic Violence, amendments to the Criminal Code, the Standard Operating Procedures shared among all institutions for addressing cases of domestic violence and the National Strategy and Action Plan on Protection against Domestic Violence.
     Meanwhile, KWN organized several awareness-raising campaigns with different actors to raise public awareness about various forms of domestic violence. This included producing music videos by famous singers about domestic violence; street demonstrations involving citizens (including men in taking actions against violence against women); involving media to show that citizens will react when courts fail to uphold their responsibilities; and working with institutions to build their skills in better addressing domestic violence.
6.      Step 6. Monitoring: It’s important not to stop once you’ve achieved your aims. Monitoring is essential to ensure implementation. Since the new legal framework was put in place, KWN has published two more policy-oriented research reports, looking at access to justice for survivors of domestic violence, and the state budget for implementing the legal framework, whether sufficient funds were set aside. Interviews for these publications in a sense served to hold officials accountable to their responsibilities because several officials wanted to show that they took KWN’s first report recommendations seriously and that they were working to implement them. After publishing each report, KWN met with institutions again to advocate for implementing new recommendations.
     KWN also has taken actions when cases of domestic violence occurred, demanding justice. For example, in the case of Diana Kastrati, a young woman murdered in broad daylight by her ex-husband, from whom she’d sought a protection order, KWN co-organized march with her family, friends, students, politicians and other actors to the court that had failed to give her a protection order in time. By lighting candles in her honor beside the court, covered by most national media, participants demonstrated strong public condemnation of court failures and domestic violence.
 
While KWN continues monitoring today, work related to domestic violence has shown some positive results, including a better policy framework and improved knowledge among institutions regarding domestic violence-related crimes. Lessons learned from this experience are that the “triangle of cooperation” among government, civil society (including media), and international actors is important; and that all the aforementioned steps of the advocacy cycle are important, from identifying the issue through monitoring. Without one aspect, the others are not successful.
     Rogova also participated in a panel on “Mobilizing Citizen Support through Traditional and Technological Means and Alternative Funding Sources for Advocacy Campaigns.”
     “In order for citizens to participate, it is important that they see that persons calling them to take actions are also fighting for their interests,” she said. “We as activists need to be active publicly in defending citizens’ interests for people to trust us and to become active themselves. Activism is not just having an office.”
     She mentioned several ways to mobilize citizen support. Local media, Facebook and Twitter can be used to spread information and mobilize people for demonstrations or to take action. It is important to be active with technology, she said, posting information in a timely manner and tagging people.
     Another way KWN involves people as well as secures some support is through its membership program, which encourages organizations and individuals (including men) to become members for a nominal membership fee. In return, KWN gives members services and benefits.
     Rogova also shared information about KWN’s alternative fundraising efforts. “Advocacy doesn’t always take money,” she said. “There is a lot you can do without money.” For example, organizations can involve volunteers and youth, as KWN has done for example in organizing One Billion Rising with next to no financial resources. Involving youth offers them space in leading actions as well as experience that they can use in their future careers. KWN also organizes fundraising events like parties and galas. Local businesses can provide important contributions, such as discounted or free public relations materials; or musicians or actors who donate time for awareness-raising. Officials can enable free use of public spaces and donate beverages or lunches in support of advocacy efforts.
     It is important to thank those who contribute with personal hand written notes and mentioning them in public relations materials, Rogova said. Organizations also should follow-up later to share how they used donations and the changes that citizens’ and businesses’ support contributed to. “Keep in touch by sending emails about your work, newsletter, Facebook posts and annual report so they see your accomplishments and transparent display of your finances,” Rogova said. “This will show transparency and may lead them to support your work again in the future.” 
 

 

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 30 KWN members participated in the workshop Monitoring and Evaluation, organized by KWN.
   “The concept of monitoring and evaluation is of crucial importance for an organization’s development. It presents a strong tool for the work of an organization, creates confidence among donors as well new opportunities for cooperation,"  said Nicole Farnsworth, Program Manager at KWN, who led the workshop. She explained to members how to create the monitoring and evaluation plan that tracks the project implementation from beginning to end.
   “This workshop was necessary. We really needed to learn more about these topics,” said one of the participants.
Participants divided into working groups to design monitoring and evaluation plan using their existing projects. Afterwards they presented their work in front of the other groups where they had the chance to receive feedback from the trainer and other participants.
 

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KWN Organizes the 2013 Regional Young Feminist Forum

13.10.2014

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Kosova Women’s Network (KWN), on Nov. 13 & 14, organizes the 2013 Regional Young Feminist Forum. The Forum will focus on the impact that young women have in actual local and global issues. The Forum is supported by Kvinna till Kvinna (KtK).

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