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Women in wars in Middle East: Victims of missinformation, but also of imposed ideas and indoctrination

by KS2000l1ve | Mar 31, 2017 | Longform

Women but also girls have found themselves among those from Kosovo in the Middle East wars. Some of them had personally decided to take this road, the decision was imposed on some others to join their husbands together with their children. According to data provided...

Only 3.8% of Kosovo women claim their inheritance rights

by KS2000l1ve | Mar 24, 2017 | Longform

The case of A.SH, whose husband died before the war, leaving her with five orphans, and who’s been excluded from inheritance not getting any single acre of land to which her husband was entitled to through heritage, has touched the whole municipality of Decan. The...

Policewomen: They don’t want to be seen as women only, but women who meet the criteria

by KS2000l1ve | Mar 22, 2017 | Longform

People are sometimes conservative, impolite, they oftentimes insult you, though there are those who respect you and are glad that there are policewomen, says a woman member of the Kosovo Police. Many citizens, men in particular, in a way confirm the words of...

Sex-selective abortions in pursuit for a boy

by KS2000l1ve | Mar 21, 2017 | Longform

There are on average 105 boys on every 100 girls born in Kosovo, whereas last year this “girl-boy” difference was even more favorable for the boys. The statistics, however, gives a different picture: women make up 51% of the overall number of the Kosovo’s population...

Unreported cases still keep “in fog” the extent of violence against women

by KS2000l1ve | Mar 20, 2017 | Longform

Teenager A.R from Bardhosh in the municipality if Prishtina, experienced a situation which she will never forget for the rest of her life. She ended up in hospital after being physically assaulted by the person whom she was romantically involved with, and had a three...