reproductive health

Kosovo Activists Protest MPs Blocking Assisted Fertilization Law

Activists protested on Thursday in Prishtina against MPs objecting to a new law on reproductive health and medically assisted fertilization, accusing them of hate speech and discrimination against women.

Sexual health, a taboo even for health professionals

Medical personnel in Kosovo uphold conservative and traditional norms at the expense of patients’ sexual and reproductive health.

In Kosovo, a Thriving Market in Illegal Abortion

Authorities in Kosovo turn a blind eye to illegal abortion, lacking the political will to reform restrictive laws in a conservative society.

Women: Kosovo’s powerless reproductive force

Despite abortion being legal up to the tenth week of pregnancy, girls and women do not have access to sexual education, barely use modern methods of contraception, and are mistreated in gynecology departments. Progress towards sexual and reproductive health will only be noticed once we will be able to talk openly and freely about women’s options and our power to control our own bodies.