On March 4, the Center for Promotion of Women’s Rights, in seeking to raise awareness about medical care among women and girls, lead a meeting to inform people on breast cancer. 
25 women from various municipalities in Drenas attended the Center’s session. Most of the women were widowed women, who are survivors of domestic and sexual violence during the war.  Kosovo Women’s Network representative also attended the session. 
            The issue of inadequate health care for women after the war has been significant. The main purpose if this initiative is to improve the access of women and girls in health care at Municipality of Drenas, considering the situation of women who suffered sexual violence during the war, women that suffered domestic violence, widowed women, single mothers and women with disabilities  don’t have access to proper health care. 
The doctor informed attendees about the first signs of breast and uterine cancer. Informing women of the issue of breast and uterine cancer is important since the disease is becoming very common and its resulting in the death of a large number of women and girls. 
             Unfortunately, many women face social stigma that surrounds having to go to the doctor to try to receive necessary checkup procedures. One attendee recounted having encountered prejudice by various members of society when they questioned the necessity of her seeing a doctor given her martial status as a widow, as if the two are relatedly connected, as if given her widowhood, she need not visit a doctor for a cancer screening. Such an information session is important because there is a lot of work that needs to be done in informing people how to stay health and demystify the myths that surround proper and adequate healthcare. 
This initiative is being supported by Kosovo Women’s Fund and is being financed by Austrian Development Agency.