Day: January 9, 2025

This baseline assessment analyzes the capacities of Kosovo’s shelters and Centers for Social Work (CSWs) to support survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and domestic violence (DV). Through a combination of desk research, interviews, and questionnaires, the report identifies major barriers—such as resource limitations, staffing issues, and lack of systemic coordination—that undermine the services these institutions… Continue reading Baseline Assessment of Shelters and Centers of Social Work to Support Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Kosovo

This report explores the international approach on the one hand, and the gaps in Kosovo’s legaland institutional frameworks in addressing OGBV on the other. It focuses on the country’sability to respond to the evolving nature of digital abuse. While Kosovo has made some progress in aligning its laws with international standards, the legal framework remains… Continue reading Tackling Online Gender-BasedViolence in Kosovo:Legal and Institutional Challenges

Femicide, as a form of gender-based violence against women, is rooted in factors related to gender, including the “ideology of men’s entitlement and privilege over women, social norms regarding masculinity, and the need to assert male control or power, enforce gender roles or prevent, discourage or punish what is considered to be unacceptable female behaviour”.Gender… Continue reading Kosovo’s State Response to Femicide