Gender-based Violence

Painting featuring the message "Today and every other day. Don’t stay silent, report violence" displayed on electricity transformers across Kosovo, aiming to raise awareness and inspire action against gender-based violence. Photo: UN Women Kosovo.

“Today and Every Other Day”: Kosovo Launches 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Kosovo launched the global campaign "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence," with a series of activities focused on raising awareness, supporting survivors, and strengthening measures against domestic violence.

Posters at the opening of Anibar International Animation Festival read: “‘Patriarkati: Fabrikë e Dhunuesve (The Patriarchy: a Factory of Abusers)’; ‘Patriarkati: Armik i Përbashkët (The Patriarchy: Mutual Enemy)’; ‘Patriarkati: Fundi po i vjen (Patriarchy: Its end is coming)’." July 15, 2024. Photo: BIRN

‘Smashing the Patriarchy’: Anibar Film Festival Provides Possibilities for Equality

In its fifteenth edition, the Anibar International Animation Festival, in Kosovo’s town of Peja, urges citizens to raise their voices against patriarchal oppression.

Posters at the opening of Anibar International Animation Festival read: “‘Patriarkati: Fabrikë e Dhunuesve (The Patriarchy: a Factory of Abusers)’; ‘Patriarkati: Armik i Përbashkët (The Patriarchy: Mutual Enemy)’; ‘Patriarkati: Fundi po i vjen (Patriarchy: Its end is coming)’." July 15, 2024. Photo: BIRN

‘Smashing the Patriarchy’: Anibar Film Festival Provides Possibilities for Equality

In its fifteenth edition, the Anibar International Animation Festival, in Kosovo’s town of Peja, urges citizens to raise their voices against patriarchal oppression.

Kosovo Law Ignores Tech-Facilitated Abuse of Women: BIRN Report

A new BIRN report highlights the shortcomings in legal structures and institutional responses in Kosovo when it comes to combating technology-facilitated and online gender-based violence.

‘Honour-Based Abuse’: The Fight against Virginity Testing in Kosovo

Virginity testing is now a criminal offence in Kosovo. The practice is less common, but still goes on in private clinics and investigations of sexual abuse.


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