Kosovo Trust Building

1. To strengthen partnership between youth-led initiatives and media actors in order to amplify the positive role of youth in building sustainable peace in their communities through building inter-ethnic trust, promotion of responsible citizenship and awareness-raising on diverse human-rights related issues.

16 Initiatives

Media and communication

2. To undertake efforts to provide media coverage and space for youth-led activities at the key public broadcaster and other media in order to raise the attention of local and central institutions to the problems that Kosovo youth face on a daily basis (education-related issues, bullying in schools, prevention of peer-to-peer violence, employment opportunities and socio-economic empowerment, air pollution, etc.) and empower youth by giving them a stronger voice in their communities

5 Initiatives

Media and communication

3. Encourage cooperation of women in: media, NGO and politics.

8 Initiatives

Good governance and access to services

4. Women are discriminated against in the labor market. Implement the 40% quota as per EU regulation throughout Kosovo.

9 Initiatives

Economic empowerment and environment

5. Create a skill pool – a mechanism: Linking women entrepreneurs with a successful business company (knowledge transfer on marketing, finance and taxation). Government should subsidize or provide institutional support. Identify needs of enterprises in terms of marketing and others.

6 Initiatives

Economic empowerment and environment

6. Religious communities should jointly advocate against domestic violence and in promotion of women rights, thus also targeting patriarchal norms in the society;

2 Initiatives

Inter-religious trust-building

7. Traditional practice is prevailing over the Law on inheritance / Women are disadvantaged in the process of property inheritance / Religious leaders should play a role in promoting women rights;

1 Initiative

Inter-religious trust-building

8. Special measures should be taken to ensure meaningful access to legal aid for women, children, IDPs and groups with special needs.

14 Initiatives

Access to justice

9. Provide free legal aid to women (e.g cases of divorce, domestic abuse and labor rights)

6 Initiatives

Access to justice

10. Municipalities to address sexual harassment at the workplace through workshops, info sessions, thus increasing security and decreasing discrimination of women in the workplace.

5 Initiatives

Good governance and access to services

11. Provide support – mentoring, grants and networking for micro, small and medium enterprises of women entrepreneurs to expand their businesses. Activity: to stimulate through funding ethnically mixed employment. Also to develop a strategy for increasing the number of small and medium enterprises.

14 Initiatives

Economic empowerment and environment

12. Political parties should allocate more funding resources for women during political campaign.

0 Initiatives

Good governance and access to services

13. It is necessary to increase awareness among politicians so women can have more executive power.

5 Initiatives

Good governance and access to services

14. Municipalities should not delegate only one person to deal with the gender equality issues, but offices with several staff should be created.

3 Initiatives

Good governance and access to services

15. The Law on Gender Equality to be strictly implemented.

24 Initiatives

Good governance and access to services

16. Culture projects, such as documentaries, enable rising awareness among people and are the best way to promote gender equality and women’s rights.

18 Initiatives

Good governance and access to services

17. All institutions that have not delegated clerks to the office for gender equality have to do it.

0 Initiatives

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Progress status

18. To avoid sexist and homophobic language on media.

1 Initiative

Media and communication

19. Ensure that education reform addresses discriminatory content aimed at other societal groups based on their ethnicity, religion, gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, etc. and devise an oversight mechanism

6 Initiatives

Education

20. To present women as leaders and role models and avoid portrayals that reinforce discriminatory and patriarchal attitudes and social norms about the role of women (especially before and after elections).

3 Initiatives

Media and communication

21. To undertake efforts to increase the number of women in media, including in leadership positions;

2 Initiatives

Media and communication

22. Include gender-related issues in the media and do more to reflect gender equality within reporting.

4 Initiatives

Media and communication

23. To urge the public institutions to provide ongoing support for the investigation of cases of journalists who were murdered or kidnapped. To acknowledge the specific risks faced by female journalists and the importance of a gender-sensitive approach when considering measures to address the safety of journalists.

2 Initiatives

Media and communication

24. International community to finance workshops and projects aimed at increasing gender awareness.

26 Initiatives

Good governance and access to services

25. Religious communities should be more gender aware, respect for women rights, property rights;

1 Initiative

Inter-religious trust-building

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