Women in Kosovo continue to be discriminated against in employment process

Women in Kosovo's economy still face many challenges, in the workforce more than 80 per cent of women are inactive, and for women who are active, the unemployment rate is about 40 per cent.

That's what it said at the “Task Force Station”, in the introduction of research on overcoming barriers to women's economic participation and barriers in the workplace, published today by the Riinvest Institute, supported by USAID.

Executive director at the Riinvest Institute, Alban Hashan, has said empowering women at work affects the rise of prosperity.

He has demanded that laws be advanced to create equality.

And Nadeem Sahi from U AID has encouraged Kosovo businesses and institutions not to discriminate against women in the employment process.

Igballe Rogova from the Kosovo Women's Group Network has said the disturbing challenge is that there is no real employment, as 64 per cent of women employed in the private sector have not dared to seek a break of leukemia.

Based on this publication, the three main obstacles assessed by women are: low pay rates, lack of implementation of workers' rights, lack of workers' benefits.

Of the employed women, 60 per cent are employed in the private sector and about 28 per cent in the public sector, while others are either employed, working in nongovernmental organisations or international organisations.

And according to this publication, one of three women working in the private sector does not have a job contract.