UNWomen

Marking of the World Press Freedom Day was organized by Association of Journalists of Kosovo and supported by UN Kosovo Team, namely UNWOMEN and UN Development Coordinator’s Office as well as OSCE Mission in Kosovo.

Read more at: http://unkt.org/2019/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-marked-kosovo/

Kosovo-wide

Kosovo-wide

Upon the launch of the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (25. November – 10. December), the Security and Gender Group calls for continuous efforts aimed at eliminating violence against women and girls, and for a strengthened institutional response to such human rights violations.

Read more at: https://www.ks.undp.org/content/kosovo/en/home/presscenter/articles/2018/12/14/16-days-campaign-summary.html

Kosovo-wide

Through Justice 2020 programme, UN Women has held close cooperation with the Office of the National Coordinator for the Protection Against Domestic Violence and the Agency for Gender Equality. The Justice 2020 Programme is based on priorities identified by the Kosovo authorities and is complementary to the efforts of international partners.

Read more at: https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/justice_and_corrections_update_june_2018.pdf

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Kosovo-wide

On March 14, 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding for the Integrated Database for cases of Domestic Violence was signed between the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, the Kosovo Judicial Council, the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council and the Kosovo Police. This integrated database will enable monitoring and prosecution of domestic violence cases in Kosovo, but above all will also increase accountability for cases of violence.

Project financed by EU and implemented by UN Women.

Read more here: http://eca.unwomen.org/pt/news/stories/2019/04/kosovo-to-start-using-an-integrated-database-for-cases-of-domestic-violence

Kosovo-wide

Upon the launch of the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (25. November – 10. December), the Security and Gender Group calls for continuous efforts aimed at eliminating violence against women and girls, and for a strengthened institutional response to such human rights violations.

Read more at: https://www.ks.undp.org/content/kosovo/en/home/presscenter/articles/2018/12/14/16-days-campaign-summary.html

Kosovo-wide

This project contributed to strengthening the capacity of relevant stakeholders in promoting women’s participation and leadership in decision-making processes, including political negotiations. It also strengthened regional networking and cooperation among women political leaders from Pristina and Belgrade as well as throughout the Western Balkans region. It helped to increase public awareness about critical need for women to be fully engaged in all tracks of the current negotiation/dialogue processes and garnered greater commitment of political leaders for a more inclusive process. UN Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security created a platform for women political, civil society and local leaders to highlight the importance of women’s meaningful participation in current political processes and to formulate key issues and positions to influence and inform the current negotiations. It resulted inseveral specific recommendations to promote women’s participation and leadership in decision making processes, particularly in political processes. A total of 251 participants (161 women and 85 men) from different communities across Kosovo, including parliamentarians, politicians, government officials, civil society activists, representatives of the international community and regional participants interacted on the issues of women’ leadership and political participation. A televised debates was broadcast through the local TV (RTK) with subtitles of the discussion in Albanian, Serbian and English languages.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/global-open-day-lasting-peace-could-be-achieved-through-more-women-politics

Kosovo-wide

The project specifically aims at supporting members of Coordination Mechanisms in seven Kosovo municipalities and developing their capacity to implement and/or monitor implementation of Domestic Violence Action Plans as well as to engage in policy development, advocacy and lobbying at the local and central level for improvement of services for violence survivors.

Read more at: http://ngoaktiv.org/project/capacity-development-of-coordination-mechanism-members-to-implement-domestic-violence-action-plans-in-seven-municipalities-in-kosovo-under-the-regional-un-women-programme-ending-violence-against-women-implementing-norms-changing-minds

https://eca.unwomen.org/en/where-we-are/kosovo-under-unscr-1244/ending-violence-against-women

Dragash/Dragaš Gjakovë/Ðakovica Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Leposavić/Leposaviq Gjilan/Gnjilane

Through this initative, considerable progress was achieved with regard to aligning the legislative framework in accordance with international human rights standards and principles in the area ofaddressing and preventing violence against women and girls, including the creation of the coordination mechanisms at local level to support strengthened response by relevant actors.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/unwomenkosovo/

Kosovo-wide

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo in cooperation with UN Women started the trainings for central level journalists on the topic “Media as an instrument of peace.”

Read more at: http://agk-ks.org/en/over-75-central-and-local-media-journalists-will-be-benefit-from-international-expert-trainings-organized-by-the-association-of-journalists-of-kosovo-and-un-women/

Kosovo-wide

Kosovo-wide