The nurse man, the jewelry container: Professionals breaking gender prejudice in Kosovo

The job market in the country has led to strong gender prejudices being challenged, even though not as seriously as it should be.

Gender stadiums, in a society like ours, are evident in many professions. There are many professions that society has <x0 share of” for only male and some female gender.

Blog. Come on., writes that gender discrimination finds itself in all spheres of our lives, but is manifested mainly in our choices of life. Especially career elections. For years, men and women have been promoted to selective tasks for the only fact that they were a matter of women/men.

Despite industry, women hold fewer leadership positions. From the CEO of Fortune 500 companies, women only number 24 of them. This does not change for smaller companies and other leading roles within them. These numbers tell us that there is a real problem that we have to deal with about gender in the workplace.

Ardita Krasniqi, a student of Electrical and Computer Engineering, tells her story about choosing studies and prejudices that she has faced.

She speaks happily of her choice because she has always been interested in the part of technology. Engineering life makes it more creative, offers great flexibility, good pay, and the opportunity to make changes in the world. And as for gender stereotypes, about choosing a profession, she admits that she felt them but that they have never influenced her plans and intentions.

“The girl's prejudice over choosing such a course to study has accompanied me from the start. Every time I was asked what I was studying, their first replica was “Why? Better then study something else that's more appropriate for girls!” The confused sexism, especially in Kosovo, tends to send girls away from technology and engineering before they start. For example, as a child, every time we've had problems at home with computers or electrical equipment, I've never heard of a girl who works in such a business as” coming to order, She says it.

But for Ardita, such prejudices have made him love him and commits even more a profession.

According to, BBC, Research and media stories abound with examples of how gender stereotypes harm leading women. A female manager is less likely to be taken seriously by people who work for her.

Previous studies have shown that these stereotypes which form our expectations if a man or woman is a suitable “ ” for a certain job are powerful because they can prejudge a host of employment results. For example, they affect the chances that a man or woman will apply for work so that he or she will be employed, payment each will receive, and even performance assessments that determine promotions.

Even Donjet Kelmendi Shaban, a contractor in Urban Traffic, says he felt the stereo for choosing a profession.

I've been prejudged by both part of the family and society since it's true that it was a profession that was practiced only by men, as an unwritten rule and why not change it in that rule. She says.

But the contractor shows that the staff has been very hospitable and polite all the time. The same applies to citizens, especially women

“But we've been a little prejudged by men, especially young age.”, Kelmendi Shabani Convention says.

Michaelpage, writes that 4 out of 5 children think banking is a husband's job and nursing is a woman's.

According to a study conducted on International Women's Day, some drawings of children revealed important gender stereotypes.

The study revealed that young children in the United Kingdom have gender stereotypes when it comes to specific work roles. Paintings from over a hundred children aged 7-11 were delivered. Each child was asked to draw a nurse, a builder, a lawyer, and a banker, as well as the work they aspire to when they grow up. Where the gender was identifiable, the drawings showed an 81% deviation of children attracted nurses like women;

88% of children drew male builders;

80% of children drew bankers like men;

65% of children drew male lawyers, making them the most balanced gender of all four professions

The findings point to a generation growing up in a world ahead of us, but the old gender stereotypes are clearly inheriting.

The nurse, it was until recently a profession that was dominated by female offspring. Recently, though, it is also being studied by the opposite sex.

For, Ard Mekko, an Infermia student, choosing this profession has come because of the possibility of continuing a career for a life abroad. Because, according to him, the benefits in our country are not too big, but the profit from this area in other countries is pretty good.

As far as gender stereotypes are concerned, Ardi says he didn't feel them for choosing a profession.

“No, I haven't felt prejudice from society, but prejudice has come from a close family, not because I've chosen this profession, but because I'm a big family child, and I needed a new commitment without going to school, So immediately at work”, Ardi added it.

But according to records, ASK, The employment rate at the Workers Power Survey (AFP), for 2019, is 30.1%.

The highest employment is in men 46.2%, while female employment is 13.9%. Women are employed, mainly in the education, trade and health care sectors, with 53.0% of them. While, males are mainly employed in the trade, construction and production sectors, with 46.3%

Violet Corca