Luzha: Only 3% of Kosovo women participate directly in politics
Source: Kosova Press
Only three percent of women are directly engaged in politics, while 11 percent have no interest in involvement at all. This is what the research findings of the "Friedrich Eber" foundation say, which were presented by professor Besa Luzha. At the international conference "Boundaries of freedom of speech", hosted by KosovaPress News Agency, she said that the struggle of women for inclusion in the political and media scene continues.
In the second panel on the topic "Steps of innovation in economic, social and cultural development", Luzha said that the findings about women's willingness to work are worrying.
"It was worrying for us as researchers when we saw a result that about 49 percent of women who declared that they would work only if they were forced, in the sense that they have difficult conditions. This has worried us much more than perhaps the fact that there are still many unemployed women", declared Luzha.
University of Pristina professor, Besa Luzha, at the international conference "Boundaries of freedom of speech", added that the struggle of women to be included in the political scene and in the media is continuing.
"In the beginning, it was a challenge to increase the participation and commitment of women in political life, I believe that it has more or less increased because we have had a commitment, society in general, to ensure once the presence through the quota in the parliament. However, gradually the women who have been engaged have managed to win the votes of the citizens even without a quota even by being present. And this is the scheme that appears when we focus on the political part. It is interesting, the battle still continues because until we see that political scene in the media, the presence is a little bigger than before", she said.
Read here the full interview published by the Kosova Press on 16 July 2024.
Image by Kosova Press
Only three percent of women are directly engaged in politics, while 11 percent have no interest in involvement at all. This is what the research findings of the "Friedrich Eber" foundation say, which were presented by professor Besa Luzha. At the international conference "Boundaries of freedom of speech", hosted by KosovaPress News Agency, she said that the struggle of women for inclusion in the political and media scene continues.
In the second panel on the topic "Steps of innovation in economic, social and cultural development", Luzha said that the findings about women's willingness to work are worrying.
"It was worrying for us as researchers when we saw a result that about 49 percent of women who declared that they would work only if they were forced, in the sense that they have difficult conditions. This has worried us much more than perhaps the fact that there are still many unemployed women", declared Luzha.
University of Pristina professor, Besa Luzha, at the international conference "Boundaries of freedom of speech", added that the struggle of women to be included in the political scene and in the media is continuing.
"In the beginning, it was a challenge to increase the participation and commitment of women in political life, I believe that it has more or less increased because we have had a commitment, society in general, to ensure once the presence through the quota in the parliament. However, gradually the women who have been engaged have managed to win the votes of the citizens even without a quota even by being present. And this is the scheme that appears when we focus on the political part. It is interesting, the battle still continues because until we see that political scene in the media, the presence is a little bigger than before", she said.
Read here the full interview published by the Kosova Press on 16 July 2024.
Image by Kosova Press