Gender in Kosovo

UNDP and Gender in Kosovo

 

 

UNDP Kosovo website

 

UNDP national gender stand-alone and gender mainstreaming projects in Kosovo (current projects)        

1. Women's Participation in Shaping the new Kosovo
2. Women's Safety and Security Initiative
3. Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

National Human Development Reports for Kosovo

See NHDRs with specific focus on gender issues:

1. HDR 2002 for the first time Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Index for Kosovo -Calculated weblinks: http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/europethecis/kosovo/Kosovo_2002_en.pdf
2. HDR 2004 update of GDI and GEM as well as special analysis on gender disparities and analysis of human development by gender http://www.ks.undp.org/repository/docs/KHDR2004.pdf
3. HDR 2006 update of GDI and GEM http://www.ks.undp.org/repository/docs/hdr_eng.pdf

Publications and statistical bulletins on women and men in Kosovo

1. On the Road to the European Union: Monitoring equal opportunities for women and men in Kosovo. Kosovar Gender Studies Center (KGSC) http://www.kgscenter.org/index.php?section=3&lng=1&id=53
2. Monitoring Security in Kosovo from a Gender Perspective, Publisher: Kosovar Gender Studies Center, 2007 Publisher: Kosovar Gender Studies Centre. http://www.kgscenter.org/pdf/Monitoring%20Security%20in%20Kosovo%20from%20a%20gender%20Perspective%20(english).pdf)
3. On the Road to the European Union: Monitoring equal opportunities for women and men in Kosovo. Kosovar Gender Studies Center, Prishtinë, Kosovo http://www.kgscenter.org/index.php?section=3&lng=1&id=53
4. Monitoring Implementation of United Nation's Security Resolution 1325 in Kosovo, Kosova Women’s Network, Prishtina, Kosovo 2007. http://www.womensnetwork.org/images/pdf/KWN%20Report%201325.pdf
5. Exploratory Research on the Extent of Gender-Based Violence in Kosova and the Impact on Women's Reproductive Health, Kosova Women’s Network, Prishtina, Kosova 2008. http://www.womensnetwork.org/images/pdf/KWN%20Report-GBV%20RH.pdf

Status of adoption and ratification of International/Multilateral Conventions and Agreements with gender aspects by Kosovo

See the status of adoption of ratification, and follow up actions on some laws.

Resources

Kosovar Gender Studies Centre   www.kgscenter.org