Why are women in Kosovo sexually harassed? Kosovo students make documentary in Zurich

If I was sexually harassed by my professor and announced it, would she ask me what I was wearing? That way it refers to the Pristina University reactor's statement, which considered that students who dress freely, are themselves guilty if harassed.

Adelina is one of three Kosovars, who raise their voices in the short documentary of Syrih students Arzije Asani and Céline Stettler.

Kosovo is a country located in transition. It is especially youth that goes out on the street to express its concerns through demonstrations. There's a transition going on and a review. This approach has been of particular interest to us in women's rights”, say the two students at the Zurich High School of Arts.

They had no financial support. The initiative for their independent project they have taken themselves. The fact that I am of origin from Kosovo was an additional motivation for the decision to shoot the documentary in Pristina”, Arzija relates. “We were closer to women because we had no language barriers and had already advance knowledge of cultural background”.

With this project they have wanted to offer human rights activists a medium through whom they can spread their concerns and thereby touch the nerve of time. Just a month earlier, a woman from the Gjakova suburb was killed by her violent husband after sometimes seeking help from the police. Help didn't come. The woman is dead.

Currently, calls for help from many women still face deaf ears. But not too long. Because women's rights activists' calls are getting more loud. The culture of silence must have an end.

“ “I'll scream until your ears crack”.