Two women participating since the start of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, greater involvement required

EU Office chief Tomákh Szunyog, said it is depressing that in local elections there were no large number of women in the mayoral race.

It's a pleasure to be here with you, to complete this project and publish the report. Let me say that legal policies in Kosovo are up-to-date. Kosovo has some progress in the process of including women in decision-making. Unfortunately, in municipal elections there were very few candidates for chairmanship. Very few women have participated in negotiating teams. For three months they have gathered over 200 women at negotiating tables for the project. The publication that will be published demonstrates the conclusions regarding the awareness of women's involvement. Symbolically, women want to be involved wherever decisions are made. Not including women doesn't produce results”.

Also, Deputy Prime Minister Emilia Rexhepi stressed the importance of women's involvement in the dialogue process. She said there is discrimination against women on this issue.

I believe any problems can be solved on the table. I represent the idea of the common life of every community. Only in this spirit can we move forward on the path towards the EU. As an MP, I was part of the OSCE, and we've seen women do the job more energy. It's important that women be part of the dialogue, and become a disk against us. I will support every woman who wants”.

NSI Director Jovana Radosavilovic said that in the report “The inclusion of women at the negotiating table in Kosovo”, several initiatives for the inclusion of women on negotiating tables have been noted, but have not resulted in success.

Kosovo has been three times at the table with dialogue with Serbia, in the two processes no results have been expected. All these processes have not been women in participants. There was only Mrs. Tahiri. Then Melza Haradinaj. During this time, there have been local initiatives for empowering women in decision-making. We've sent letters to them about not including women at the” negotiating table.

When we asked how many women have been elected Kosovo presidents, over 80 percent have indicated that two. The new government has reached a record in terms of representation of women. There will be no 44 percent deal. 16 percent believe it will. The media from Belgrade and Pristina report otherwise on the same thing. Those surveyed for the negotiating group have mentioned it is Edita Tahiri, but have indicated that her involvement has not yielded results in the involvement of women in the dialogue. The recommendations are for women in high positions to use their position to access gender equality and involvement in decision-making”.