{"id":3351735,"date":"2021-10-11T06:46:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T06:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/?p=3351735"},"modified":"2021-10-15T06:49:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T06:49:13","slug":"kwn-starts-the-campaign-vote-for-more-women-in-local-kwn-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/kwn-starts-the-campaign-vote-for-more-women-in-local-kwn-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"KWN starts the campaign \u201cVote for more women in local KWN elections\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today, on October 11th<\/sup>, the\nKosova Women’s Network (KWN) launched the field campaign „Vote for more\nwomen in local elections“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 80 volunteers will talk to citizens for\nfive days (October 11-15) going from door to door in 21 municipalities in Kosova.\nThey will discuss with women and men voters the importance of voting for more\nwomen in the upcoming local elections on October 17, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Law on Gender Equality (LGE)<\/a> guarantees equal gender representation in\nall areas, including politics. However, contrary to this law, to date, neither\npolitical parties nor municipalities have ensured equal participation of women\nand men in public life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, it is up to us as citizens to\nachieve equality!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KWN encourages all citizens to vote for\nwomen who will best represent the interests of citizens in municipalities and\nmunicipal assemblies, as well as strive for gender equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting women’s\nparticipation in politics and decision-making is part of KWN’s Strategy 2019-2022<\/a>. We also recall that KWN campaigned for this in the\nelections of 2017, 2019<\/a>, and in the national elections of 2021,<\/a> and will continue to support, protect and promote the rights and\ninterests of women and girls throughout Kosova, regardless of their political,\nreligious, ethnic or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KWN values \u200b\u200belections as an essential element of a\ndemocratic state, and gender equality as a basic human right. We call for more\nvotes for women in these local elections, as a necessary condition for fighting\nthe institutional tradition<\/a>[LM1]<\/a>  that has unjustly deprived women of\nparticipation in politics and decision-making processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, let us be reminded that these\nelections are being held only a few months after the early national elections\nheld on February 14, 2021, in which the representation of women in the Assembly\nof Kosovo increased by five seats<\/a> (compared to previous elections of 2019), and also\nthis time more women were elected without<\/em> a quota rather than with it<\/a>[LM2]<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, on October 17, whichever list you choose, vote for more\nwomen in the municipalities<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\ncampaign is implemented as part of the initiative „Strengthening Women’s Participation in Politics<\/a>„, and is supported by the European\nUnion (EU) Office in Kosovo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KWN member organisations supporting the implementation of this campaign:\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Active Females of Gjakova – Gjakov\u00eb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centre for\nEducation and Development \u201cElita\u201d \u2013 Lipjan \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Care and Education Association \u2013\nGjakov\u00eb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Female Emancipation Association ALMA – Pej\u00eb\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hendifer – Ferizaj<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independent Women\u2019s Association \u201cHareja\u201d \u2013\nRahovec  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local Reforms Organisation (EULOC) \u2013 Viti <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitrovica Association of Persons with\nDisabilities \u201cHandikos Mitrovica\u201d \u2013 Mitrovic\u00eb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NGO Drug\u00ebza – Sk\u00ebnderaj<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NGO Women\u2019s Centre for Rural Development \u2013\nNovob\u00ebrd\u00eb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NGO Women\u2019s Centre \u201cATO\u201d \u2013 Vushtrri  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organisation of People with Muscular\nDystrophy of Kosova (OPMDK) \u2013 Prizren <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychotherapists in Action \u2013 Gjilan <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruka Ruci – Fush\u00eb Kosov\u00eb, Gra\u00e7anic\u00eb,\nPartesh, Ranillug, Kllokot, Leposaviq, Mitrovic\u00eb e Veriut, Zubin Potok \u2013 Zve\u00e7an<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women’s Alliance for Integration – Prishtin\u00eb.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, on October 11th, the Kosova Women’s Network (KWN) launched the field campaign „Vote for more women in local elections“. Around 80 volunteers will talk to citizens for five days (October 11-15) going from door to door in 21 municipalities in Kosova. They will discuss with women and men voters the importance of voting for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3351672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3351735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3351735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352010,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351735\/revisions\/3352010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3351672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}