Ahead of new snap elections, Rrezarta Krasniqi of Democracy for Development, D4D, says Kosovo parties are still failing to go beyond the legal quota when it comes including women on candidates lists.
Perparim Isufi
As a young country, Kosovo might look from the outside as a model of how to empower women. In its 18 years of existence as an independent state, two women have served as President and two as speakers of parliament.
But things are not as rosy as they might seem, according to a report by the Pristina-based think tank, Democracy for Development, D4D.
Launched on May 18, the study concluded that the political parties still seem reluctant to include women on their electoral lists and barely go beyond the imposed 30-per-cent quota.
“It is surprising to see how the political parties undermine women’s role within their ranks despite the fact that they take votes in equal rates from men and women. They nominate women only based on what gender quote requires from them,” Rrezarta Krasniqi, Director of Democracy for Development, D4D, told BIRN days after the institute published the study.
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