1. Country Report- Republic ofKosovo

Habit Hajredini
Office of Good Governance, Equal Opportunities, Human Rights and Gender
Issues/Office of the Prime Minister

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2. Basic information on Republic of Kosovo• Kosovo is in the middle of the Southeastern Europe.
Having occupied the central position in the Balkan
Peninsula, Kosovo represents important connection
between Central and South Europe, Adriatic Sea, and BlackSea.
• Surface of Kosovo is 10,908.1 km².
• The climate in Kosovo is middle continental with hotsummer and cold winter.
• Kosovo has about 2 million inhabitants. Its density is

about 193 people per km², and is divided into 33 municipalities.
 • Capital of Kosovo is Pristina.

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Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Governmment Officers-Tokyo-Japan-Agust 2010

Capital of Kosovo is Pristine

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Kosovo Child

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Geographical coordination

Coordination’s Degree/Minutes Northern magnitude 43°16′ Southern magnitude
 41°53′
 Eastern magnitude
 21°16′
 Western magnitude
 19°59′
 Source: SOK, Cartography & GISGender Mainstreaming Policies for Governmment Officers-Tokyo-Japan-Agust 2010

Images from the town of Gjakova

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City of Prizren

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Conference on Human Rights
The National Working Plan for Persons withDisabilities is the result of close cooperation
between the Office of the Prime Minister/Office ofGood Governance OPM/OGG, and Italian experts
from Italian Cooperation-the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Italy, which have supported therealization of this plan. This plan is also drafted inclose cooperation with representatives of relevant
ministries and the Association of Organizations ofPersons with Disabilities and many othermechanisms.

3. Three major challenges/obstacles inmainstreaming gender in Kosovo a)Women in decision making
 b)Poverty
 c)And Discrimination

4. Three priority issues in the present main
national policy /plan a) Spreading of values and practices that

promote gender equality, protection ofrights and woman empowerment
 b) Increase of access for women and girls
to qualitative education 3) Improvement of women and girls healthby increasing the response of healthsystem towards their health needs

5. Your job descriptions
 (i) Oversee and advise the Ministries in the areasof good governance, human rights, equal
opportunity and gender; (ii) Develop policy and issue guidelines in theareas of good governance, human rights, equal
opportunity and gender equality; (iii) Review draft legislation prepared by theExecutive Branch for compliance with applicablehuman rights standards and practices of good
governance in coordination with the Office ofLegal Support Services; and advises and makes
recommendations to the Prime Minister andrelevant Ministers accordingly;

6.Issue(s) to be addressed in mainstreaming
gender: In our society there is still stigmatization and we

can say that we are not completely open toaccept people with disabilities as a part of thesocial diversity. This presented action plan aims
to change as much as we can this situation withseveral activities planed to be developed
throughout the project. Its main focus is on
women with disabilities as the most marginalizedgroup of people with disabilities.

7. Justification for choosing the above
issue's):
It is no doubt that certain groups’ such as women children elder
are more vulnerable groups of people with disabilities. Women inparticular present a group that in addition to facing the usual
problems that people with disabilities face also face the problemof lacking gender equality thus being twice marginalized. Oursociety is created based on the assumption that all people canmove fast on the streets, can see the signs, are able to read theguidelines, are able to press the buttons, have enough strength toopen all kinds of doors and can percept and interact in a standard
manner with their surrounding environment. This is not the casewith all disabled people regardless of their disability andunfortunately we can say that in Kosovo they don’t even have theminimal access in health care services, education, sign language
interpreters, access in all buildings, and access in documentation(lack of basic services in Braille), in one word they are simply
excluded from the public life. This is all due to the lack ofinstitutional and even maybe human care towards the disabledpeople.

8. Useful knowledge and skills gained through this program inorder to take action against the above issue(s):Attending this program and the knowledge gained in suchprogram, has been more than valuable and important to us. This isdue to the new experiences earned from such a development
country such as Japan, where the respect of Human rights ,especially the respect of Women rights are considered as greatvalues of the society. The program has been very interesting, welearned practices which we would implement in our country andwhich would make easier our daily work. This program would
make possible that we implement measures in fulfilling ourobligations as Government in respecting the policies andprograms on gender issues, such as the social aspect, health,anti-discrimination, decision making and the treatment of womenwith dignity in our society. I consider that we are more that
prepared from the lessons learned from this program, tocontribute towards our institutions in the promotion, monitoring
and respecting the Women Rights.

9 Action Plan on mainstreaming gender inyour country(1)Title: Gender Rights and Vulnerability Groups(2)Period: 6 Month(3)Target area: Republic of Kosovo(4)Target beneficiary/is: 80 Disability Women(5)Implementing agency: Office of Good Governance and HumanRights office of Prime Minister and Blind Women Committee ofKosovo and Deaf Women Association of Kosovo.
 (6)Over all Goals: Empowerment of Women with Disabilities andthe organizations representing women with disabilities.
 (7)Project Purpose: To make aware and encourage women withdisabilities to use and exercise their rights applicable in Kosovo
according to the United Nations Convention on the Rights ofPeople with Disabilities the national legislation on disabilities,
gender issues as well as the National Action Plan for People withDisabilities.

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(8)Activitiesa) A survey about the situation of disabled people
especially in the gender issue.
b) Empowerment and capacity building of women withdisabilitiesc) Organizing trainings for women with disabilities
regarding the United Nations Convention for People withdisabilities.
d) Organize a workshop with the publication of the reportby including results and data, together with the Committee
of Blind Women of Kosovo and the Deaf Association ofWomen in Kosovo.
9. Outputs: Disability women become to know abut therights.

Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Governmment Officers-Tokyo-Japan-Agust 2010Having a war-2010Thank you very muchfor your attention