Women in Kosovo

Before becoming president, she served as Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police,[3] holding the rank of major general,[4] the highest among women in Southeastern Europe.

[6] This is partly due to the fact that women do not own the collateral needed to secure loans because property is mainly registered in the male's name.

The first form largely occurred in the villages of survivors, where they were raped in front of their families and neighbors at times.

Recently, legal measures have begun to implement reparations programs for women survivors of conflict-related sexual violence.

[11] The survey also found that 20 percent of male and female respondents thought it was acceptable for a husband to beat his wife.

Due to the status of Kosovo, citizens cannot go to the European Court of Human Rights, so therefore must address all issues domestically.

Muslim woman of Prisren (figure 1), from Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873 , published under the patronage of the Ottoman Imperial Commission for the 1873 Vienna World's Fair
Ethnic Albanian women in Kosovo