Kosovo’s female leaders: Alleviating gender-based poverty
Source: Borgen Magazine
On February 2020, Kosovo elected several women to political office, and women now hold prominent positions in government, ranging from economic development to education. With more women in leadership positions, policies focused on improving gender-based poverty are now taking greater importance. Current female leaders have also worked with the U.N. to advance programs that encourage the next generation of girls to engage more in politics and learn technical skills to tackle Kosovo’s issues of gender inequality and poverty. Here are some ways Kosovan female leaders are breaking the gender divide and placing importance on poverty reduction.
Women Elected to Parliament
In February 2020, Kosovo’s elections placed six women in positions of political leadership, an unprecedented win in breaking the gender divide in Kosovo’s political sphere. Vjosa Osmani became the first female Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo. The other five women were elected to prominent positions in government where they will oversee departments of economic affairs, justice, culture, education and local government. Osmani and other female ministers have voiced the importance of tackling long-term gender and poverty inequalities in these various spheres. With the highest number of Kosovan women in politics today since the country’s liberation, these issues of gender-based poverty will finally gain greater political attention.
Click here to read the full article published by Borgen Magazine on 18 September 2020.
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On February 2020, Kosovo elected several women to political office, and women now hold prominent positions in government, ranging from economic development to education. With more women in leadership positions, policies focused on improving gender-based poverty are now taking greater importance. Current female leaders have also worked with the U.N. to advance programs that encourage the next generation of girls to engage more in politics and learn technical skills to tackle Kosovo’s issues of gender inequality and poverty. Here are some ways Kosovan female leaders are breaking the gender divide and placing importance on poverty reduction.
Women Elected to Parliament
In February 2020, Kosovo’s elections placed six women in positions of political leadership, an unprecedented win in breaking the gender divide in Kosovo’s political sphere. Vjosa Osmani became the first female Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo. The other five women were elected to prominent positions in government where they will oversee departments of economic affairs, justice, culture, education and local government. Osmani and other female ministers have voiced the importance of tackling long-term gender and poverty inequalities in these various spheres. With the highest number of Kosovan women in politics today since the country’s liberation, these issues of gender-based poverty will finally gain greater political attention.
Click here to read the full article published by Borgen Magazine on 18 September 2020.
Image by Borgen Magazine