women’s health

Skopje, a solution for Kosovo women seeking abortions

As women in Kosovo cross the border in hopes of better healthcare, public and private health institutions in Kosovo and Macedonia are not publishing reliable data fundamental to improving public policies for sexual and reproductive health.

The silent struggle of breastfeeding mothers

For doctors and mothers alike, breastfeeding sits in a precarious position between institutional negligence and societal prejudice, remaining one of the lowest-funded health issues in Kosovo.

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.