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Fighting and Pursuing Gender-Based Violence

Publisher: Kosovo Women's Network (KWN), Kosovo

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Volume: 4 pages, pdf


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Gender-based violence, what do we mean by GBV?
Prevalent forms of GBV in Kosovo include but are not limited to violence against civilians during the conflict, sexual violence, gendercide, domestic violence, human trafficking for purpose of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and violence related to human security, more broadly. GBV is a human security and rule of law issue as women and girls are positioned differently in the society with different needs and interests. In particular, their cultural, social and economic position impedes the level of enjoyment of rights and access to justice. GBV is also a public health issue as violence against pregnant women is often used by domestic violence perpetrators affecting the level of engagement of women in the public sphere and employment by decreasing economic gains for the state (give example).
Fact: Women continue to be relegated to the private sphere and remain potentially at risk from violence at homes and economically dependent from men. There are 18% of women employed against 53% of men in the active economic population of Kosovo.(Kosovo Statistical Office and World Bank data, 2013).