From teresa at speakeasy.org Mon Nov 5 12:59:22 2001 From: teresa at speakeasy.org (Teresa Crawford) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:59:22 -0500 Subject: [KWN-Voices] Volume 1, Issue 1 - English Message-ID: <008d01c16623$9db41d80$de56fed8@org.speakeasy.org> --------------------------------------------------- KWN VOICES: Your link to the Women of Kosova --------------------------------------------------- Volume 1, Issue 1 - November 5, 2001 --------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE: * Editorial: Making Our Voices Heard - The Women of Kosova * Network News * Chronology of Key Events for the Women's Movement in Kosova * Member Profile: Legjenda in Viti * About KWN Voices * FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK: Making Our Voices Heard - The Women of Kosova Important news - Women of Kosova exploit the Internet! As events change in Kosova, it is giving rise to a miraculous change in the status of women. Thanks to new technology, Kosovar women can now make their voices heard. This helps them to participate more fully in building the society, which silenced them for decades. The women of Kosova are playing a vital and integrated role in the political, cultural and financial development of their country. Their emancipation is making it possible for the Albanian people to utilize a marvelous talent. In fact, this process began in the 1970s with the opening of the University of Prishtina in Kosova. The university began to provide Kosovar women with the opportunity to enjoy a professional career, in areas that were once taboo - as doctors, journalists, politicians and other professions. The existence of Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) has also allowed Kosovar women to become involved in fields such as education, cultural activities, and legal rights. In these capacities they help and support fellow woman to build decision-making skills and advance within their family and in the workplace. This process of participation has led to economic independence for many Kosovar women. Now, the Kosova Women's Network will have its own web site (http://www.womensnetwork.org), newsletter and information network. What will this do for the women of Kosova? It will create a bridge of partnership and friendship with other organizations that work inside and outside of Kosova, without distinction of race, faith, or background. It will enable direct communication and information sharing between women. They will be able to remain in direct contact with friends. Having this ability to communicate will help to soften their pain, by providing them with the means to share their experiences, including their suffering. They will be able to discuss their vision, their hopes, their loves, their families, and learn from the knowledge of their experiences to make a difference in their future. The world will now be linked with Prishtina, the newest capital in Europe. It will be able to witness the success and triumphs of Kosova and its women. * >>> Each month we plan to publish KWN Voices in both English and Albanian. Due to some difficulties with translation we are putting out this first issue in English only. The Albanian version will come out later this week. We plan for each issue of the newsletter to contain an editorial, news about the Network and its campaigns and a profile of a Network member. We hope that over time Network members and those working with women in the region will contribute articles and commentaries. We can be contacted via e-mail at info at womensnetwork.org <<< * NETWORK NEWS - Women make up over 50% of the population of Kosova. They come from diverse ethnic backgrounds, from the cities, towns and villages, with all levels of education and from different economic backgrounds. These women have come together in the Kosova Women's Network (KWN) not to share their problems but to share their strength and their work. The Kosova Women's Network is engaged in six campaigns: Education, Women in the Economy, Violence Against Women/Domestic Violence, Coalition: NGOs and Politicians, Trafficking in Women and Refugee/IDP Women. While individual Network members may be working on other issues these campaigns are the primary focus of the Network. EDUCATION: A campaign to end illiteracy in Kosova was launched in October 2001 by 19 local NGOs including several Network members with UNICEF and the Kosova Foundation for an Open Society (KFOS). The coalition of groups has produced a book, to encourage learning among women. The targets of this campaign are the women who did not finish school and their children. WOMEN IN THE ECONOMY: Women in the Economy conference to be held November 29-30th 2001. Over 30 KWN members will participate. This will be the first conference of its kind in Kosova that specifically targets women and their contribution to the economy. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: The KWN will launch a multimedia campaign on November 25, 2001 (International Day Against Violence Against Women). Music, television spots, posters and a play modeled on Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues (http://www.vday.org) are in development. Over 30 groups are participating in this campaign. We will provide additional coverage in next months newsletter. COALITION: NGOs and POLITICIANS: Province wide parliamentary elections will be held in Kosova on November 17, 2001. Women's NGOs in partnership with their local politicians are educating their representatives on issues of concern to them. According to UNMIK Regulation No. 2000/39 over ? of the parliamentarians must be women. The KWN is working hard to support women politicians who can represent not just women's issues but issues of importance to everyone in Kosova. TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN: In partnership with IOM, KWN members are providing support for women who have been trafficked to Kosova and wish to return home. In several cities in Kosova, KWN members are providing shelter for these women. REFUGEES/IDPs: Over 30,000 refugees and IDPs are still in Kosova. Many of them are receiving aid and support from Network members. * A CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS FOR THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN KOSOVA SINCE 1989 1989 The Serbian Regime, led by Milosevic, revoked Kosova's autonomy and removed Albanians from the parliament in Prishtina. 90% of the population of Kosova (Albanians) were fired from their jobs including in health care, education and media. Albanians protesting for equal rights are met with violence from the police and military. The Albanian community began over ten year's of passive non-violent resistance to state oppression. Albanian Civil Society starts organizing. The first Albanian NGOs are founded. Among them the women's group MOTRAT QIRIAZI, the Paraplegic Association and the Mother Theresa Humanitarian Association. 1995 Women's rights activists found the CENTER for the PROTECTION of WOMEN and CHILDREN in Prishtina. They provide specialist advice, health care, and documentation to women victims of human rights abuses. International women activists and women's groups including women's groups from Former Yugoslavia begin to give more support to women organizing in Kosova. In Viti region, Oxfam UK/I helps set up the rural women's group LEGJENDA. Albanian women from Kosova begin what becomes a long-term involvement in the Belgrade WOMEN IN BLACK AGAINST MILITARISM annual meetings. 1997 AUREOLA rural women's group is founded, working in Obiliq. ELENA, group for women's rights is founded, based in Prishtina. OCTOBER 1997 Serbian military begin clandestine preparations in Kosova for ethnic cleansing of Albanians and war. Albanian students and civil society organize large-scale non-violent demonstrations throughout Kosova. FEBRUARY 1998 The Serbian Army start military operations against Albanian civilians in central Kosova (Drenica region). Tens of thousands flee the war to other parts of Kosova. Massacres, murders and rapes begin. The sixteen month's of violence cause the deaths of almost ten thousand civilians and include the rapes of many thousands of women. Kosova NGOs, women's groups and human rights organizations immediately organize helping displaced people with food, medical care, shelter, and education. In these days, women's NGOs begin regular monthly meetings to support each other and share experiences. THE CENTER for the REHABILITATION of MOTHERS and CHILDREN is founded specifically to work with displaced from Drenica. SEPTEMBER 1998 Kosovar rural women's groups organize as a network comprising Aureola, Elena, Legjenda, Liria, Motrat Qiriazi. As the 'Rural Women's Network' they develop a common program in order to provide more support to women and girls in the conflict areas of Kosova, and to increase networking with feminist women's groups outside of Kosova. Women with disabilities begin to self-organize by founding their group 'ZGJIMI (awakening)'. MARCH 1999 NATO begins its response to the human rights abuses being conducted by the Serbian authorities in Kosova. Military targets in Kosova, Serbia and Montenegro are bombed. Paramilitaries acting together with military forces intensify their attacks on civilians, deporting Albanians from their homes, and murdering many others. More than half the Albanian population are forced, in many cases on foot, into the mountains, and on terrible journeys to safety in Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Bosnia Hercegovina. Kosovar women's groups, themselves refugees, begin to fundraise, and to organize humanitarian and empowerment work in camps and communities in these places. JUNE 1999 The Kumanova agreement is signed by the Yugoslav state, signaling their submission to NATO's authority, and the beginning of their military withdrawal from Kosova. The agreement fails to include hand over of political prisoners. As a result many women cannot be reunited with their men folk, who remain in jails in Serbia, in many cases until 2001. Political prisoners also include some women. Albanians begin rapidly to return to their burnt homes and decimated villages. They start to rebuild their lives. Serbs and Roma begin to leave Kosova fearing reprisals. OCTOBER 1999 Women's groups become increasingly disaffected at the way the international community is failing to include them as equal partners, and instead is marginalizing them. The groups struggle against the neo-colonialism functioning under the auspices of the UNMIK and the OSCE, which gives little respect for the years of self organizing by the Albanian community. JANUARY 2000 A few individuals within international institutions give support to women in their self organizing. One of these initiatives results in the formation of the Kosova Women's Network (KWN), an umbrella organization, which represents over 32 women's groups, most of them founded in 1999. Its regular monthly meetings include women from these groups and from international organizations. JUNE 2000 KWN organizes the first regional Albanian women's conference. Its topics include health, education, violence against women, trafficking in women, legal rights. JUNE 2001 At their request KWN supports minority women's groups to organize. KWN expands to include women's groups from Turkish, Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian and Serbian communities. NOVEMBER 2001 KWN organizes the second women's conference with the topic of 'Women and the Economy'. KWN organizes their second annual Kosova wide campaign against domestic violence. The innovative campaign features pop songs, tv spots, monologues, posters and other media/cultural activities. The KWN launches an e-mail newsletter, KWN VOICES and a website http://www.womensnetwork.org * PROFILE: Legjenda in Viti Each month we will profile a different member of the KWN. In this way we hope to show the depth and breadth of the women's groups working in Kosova. These profiles along with pictures and additional information about their programs in both Albanian and English will be available in the PARTNERS section of the KWN website once it is launched (http://www.womensnetwork.org) >>>'In 2001, 400 women and 80 children in Viti alone participated in projects at our center, where we have provided them with the opportunity to acquire sewing and computer skills as well as being able to organize meetings and forums that were of importance to the community. Five hundred secondary school children participated in 4 organized sessions where experts provided psychosocial information regarding youth deviance from social norms. Almost 90% of the villagers participated in these sessions. Our motto is, 'Give me an educated woman and you will find a civilized nation.''<<< From Legjenda Director, Latifir Neziri. The Women's Organization 'Legjenda' was founded in October of 1996 and is a non-governmental organization based in Viti and works heavily within its surrounding villages. At their center in Viti, women, children, and teenagers from all ethnic and social backgrounds have the opportunity to acquire skills in computer training, sewing courses, psychosocial assistance, as well as being able to discuss various problems they are currently coping with. We are especially focused on villages that are high in the mountains and have minimal access to various programs surrounding Viti. We maintain constant communication with the women of these villages and provide support in helping them to achieve their goals. VISION: Our vision is to increase the participation of women living in villages to take an active role in Kosovar civil society. PROCESS: Legjenda carries out psycho-social programs, health care and education training, and helps women to become economically self-sufficient through job training programs. REGIONS OF WORK: Legjenda works with the women of the community in Vitia including the 42 surrounding villages. THE ACTIVISTS: Legjenda currently employees a Director, Assistant Director, and 5 project assistants. International and local experts have been engaged to organize and supervise some of our workshops. WHO DO WE WORK WITH? Legjenda works predominately with women and children from various ages, specifically focusing on women in the villages. SUPPORT: Legjenda has received financial support from the following donors: OXFAM, Kosova; Kosova Women's Initiative (KWI), Kosova; GFW, New York; CDF, Kosova; Star Delhi International, Serbia; AID Kosova; Norwegian Church, Kosova; Soros, Kosova; Motrat Qiriazi, Kosova; Mother Teresa Organization, Kosova; as well as various donors from the community of Viti. HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR WORK: * Health Education for 20 villages with 7500 women participating * Provided free transportation to 74 girls enabling them to attend secondary school * First Aid Courses to 108 women of 9 villages * Information sessions focusing on youth violence to 360 girls of 6 villages * Cultural and sport activities to 134 girls of 6 villages * Workshops on women's rights 270 women of 6 villages * Psycho-social support to rural women in 8 villages * Sewing workshops for dislocated women 37 women of 8 villages CONTACT INFORMATION: Legjenda - Women's Organization in Viti Latifie Neziri, Director Tel/Fax: +381-280-82-024 Email: latifeneziri at hotmail.com ---------------- About the KWN Voices ---------------- KWN Voices is published monthly by the Kosova Women's Network (KWN). The KWN is made up of over 32 women's groups from throughout Kosova. We hope that you find the information we disseminate of value and that when we make a call for action we can count on your support. Please forward this newsletter to others and encourage them to join. TO SUBSCRIBE: send an e-mail to kwn-news-request at alb-net.com with only the word 'subscribe' in the body of the message or visit http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/kwn-news Inquiries and submissions can be sent to info at womensnetwork.org. Back issues of the newsletter can be found at http://www.womensnetwork.org. This newsletter has been produced with generous support from OSI-Budapest http://www.soros.org Editorial Board: Igo Rogova, Motrat Qiriazi Ilirjana Loxha, KWN Information Officer ---------------- From teresa at speakeasy.org Mon Nov 19 09:48:51 2001 From: teresa at speakeasy.org (Teresa Crawford) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 09:48:51 -0500 Subject: [KWN-Voices] KWN Voices - Volume 1, Issue 1 - Albanian Message-ID: <010601c1710a$c3148c80$de56fed8@org.speakeasy.org> --------------------------------------------------- Z?RI I RRJETIT - LIDHJA JUAJ ME GRAT? E KOSOV?S --------------------------------------------------- Vol.1, Numri 1 - 19 Nentor 2001 --------------------------------------------------- N? k?t? num?r: * Editoriali - Le t? d?gjohet z?ri yn? - Grat? e Kosov?s * Lajmet e Rrjetit * Historik I Rrjetit * Profile t? an?tareve t? Rrjetit - 'Legjenda' n? Viti * Mbi z?rin e Rrjetit * LE T? D?GJOHET Z?RI YNE Grat? e Kosov?s n? Internet Ngjarje e dites. Mrekulli e koh?s. Dhurat? e bot?s s? qytet?ruar p?r gruan kosovare q? ishte pjes? e k?tij qytet?rimi por q? iu mohua e drejta e saj me dekada e shekuj. Kush ?sht? gruaja e Kosov?s sot? Ajo me guxim u kyq n? organizimin e gjith?mbarsh?m t? jet?s shoq?rore politike, kulturore e ekonomike Populli shqiptare me etjen p?r emancipimin e femr?s, arriti nj? zhvillim meteorik n? t? gjitha fushat e jet?s dhe t? organizimit shoq?ror. Me hapjen e Universitetit t? Prishtin?s n? vitet 70-te femra kosovare e gjeti veten n? t? gjitha profesionet q? deri atehere ishin tabu p?r te.. Ajo zu t? afirmohej si mjeke. Inxhiniere, pedagoge, artiste, shkrimtare, piktore, ekonomiste, politikane. Ajo sot prin n? ball? t? t? gjitha veprimtarive dhe sferave t? jet?s shoq?rore. Me formimin e OJQ-ve ajo gjeti veten dhe kontribuoi n? shum? veprimtari duke filluar nga ato arsimore deri te aktivitetet e ndryshme kulturore, te mbrojtjes s? saj ligjore,e pavarsis? ekonomike. Ajo ndihmon dhe mb?sht?t shoq?n e saj n? vetedij?simin e avansimin e pozit?s se saj n? shoq?ri e familje. ?far? do t? mund?soj? faqja e saj n? internet? Do t? krijoj? ura miq?sie e bashk?punimi mes shoqatave simotra q? veprojn? n? diaspor? dhe Kosov? pa dallim race, feje, kulture. Do t? mund?soj? informim t? drejt? dhe do t? ruaj? lidhjet me t? af?rmit kudo q? jetojn?. Do t? lidh? e njohtoj? me kultura t? ndryshme. Do t? zbus dhimbjet e atyre q? kan? probleme t? natyrave t? ndryshme. Do t? bisedojn? p?r perspektivat,vizionet. Bota do t? lidhet me kryeqytetin m? t? ri t? Europ?s. * LAJMET E RRJETIT Femrat e p?rb?jn? mbi 50% t? popullat?s s? Kosov?s. Ato vijn? nga prapavija t? ndryshme, nga qytetet, qytezat dhe fshatrat, me t? gjitha nivelet e edukimit dhe me prapavija t? ndryshme ekonomike. K?to femra jan? mbledhur s? bashku n? Rrjetin e Gruas Kosovare (Rrjetit) jo p?r t? ndar? problemet po p?r t? bashkuar forcat n? pun?n e p?rbashk?t. Rrjeti ?sht? e angazhuar n? gjasht? fushata t? ndryshme. P?rderisa disa nga an?taret e Rrjetit mund t? jen? t? angazhuara n? q?shtje tjera, Rrjeti ka p?r fokus kryesor fushatat. N? LAJME: ARSIMIMI: Fushata p?r zhdukjen e analfabetizmit u lansua n? Kosov? k?t? muaj nga ana e 19 OJQ-ve, prej t? cilave disa ishin an?tare t? rrjetit, s? bashku me UNICEF-in dhe Fondacionin Kosovar p?r Shoq?ri t? Hapur (KFOS). Ky koalicion i grupeve punonj?se e ka prodhuar nj? lib?r i cili do t? inkurajoj? m?simin te femrat. Cak i k?saj fushate jan? femrat q? nuk jan? arsimuar dhe f?mij?t q? kan? nd?rprer? shkollimin. FEMRAT N? EKONOMI: Konferenca 'Femrat n? Ekonomi' do t? mbahet m? 29 dhe 30 N?ntor 2001. M? se 30 OJQ an?tare t? Rrjetit do t? marrin pjes? n? k?t? Konferenc?. Kjo do t? jet? konferenca e par? e k?tij lloji n? Kosov? dhe p?rq?ndrim do ta ket? femr?n dhe kontributin e saj n? Ekonomi. DHUNA NDAJ GRUAS / DHUNA N? FAMILJE M? 25 N?ntor 2001 (Dita nd?rkomb?tare kund?r dhun?s ndaj Gruas) Rrjeti do t? lansoj? nj? fushat?. Jemi duke pregaditur muzik?, spote televizive postere si dhe nj? shfaqje sipas vepr?s s? shkruar nga Eve Ensler 'Vagina Monologues' (www.vday.org) enkas p?r k?t? fushate. M? shum? lidhur me pregaditjet p?r k?t? ngjarje n? edicionin e muajit t? ardhsh?m t? Buletinit ton?. KOALICIONI: OJQ-t? DHE POLITIKAN?T M? 17 N?ntor 2001 zgjedhjet e p?rgjithshme parlamentare do t? mbahen n? Kosov?. OJQ- t? e femrave n? partn?ritet me politikan?t lokal? jan? duke i edukuar p?rfaq?suesit e vet lidhur me ??shtjet e r?nd?sishme p?r ta. Sipas Rregullores se UNMIK-ut nr 2000/39 mbi ? e an?tar?ve t? parlamentit duhet t? jen? femra. Rrjeti ?sht? duke b?r? ?mos q? t? p?rkrah? politikan?t q? t? p?rfaqsojn? jo vet?m ??shtjet e femrave po ??shtje me r?nd?si p?r t? gjith? n? Kosov?. TRAFIKIMI I FEMRAVE N? partn?ritet me IOM, an?taret e Rrjetit jan? duke I p?rkrahur p?r femrat q? kan? qen? t? trafikuara n? Kosov? dhe q? deshirojn? t? kthehen n? vendet e tyre. N? disa qytete t? Kosov?s, an?taret e Rrjetit I strehojn? femrat e rrezikuara. REFUGJAT?T / T? ZHVENDOSURIT Refugjat?t dhe t? zhvendosurit jan? duke marrur ndihma dhe p?rkrahje nga an?taret e Rrjetit. * KRONOLOGJIA E LEVIZJES SE GRAVE NE KOSOVE QE NGA VITI 1989 1989 Regjimi I Serbise, I udhehequr nga Miloshevic I morri autonomine Kosoves duke I larguar shqiptaret nga kuvendi ne Prishtine. Shqiptaret qe perbejne 90% te popullates se Kosoves u perjashtuan nga puna, duke perfshire vendet si sherbimet mjekesore, arsimimi dhe mediat. Shqiptaret vazhduan dhjete vjet rezistencen pasive perkundes dhunes se madhe shteterore serbe. Shoqeria civile filloi te organizohet. U themeluan OJQte e para e nder to jane shoqata Motrat Qiriazi, Shoqata e paraplegjikeve, Shoqata bemirese Nene Tereza. 1995 Aktivistet per te drejtat e gruas themeluan Qendren per Mbrojtjen e grave dhe femive ne Prishtine. Kjo qender ofronte keto sherbime: keshilla per grate nga keshilltaret specialiste, sherbime mjekesore dhe dokumentimin e grave viktima te cilave u jane shkele te drejtat njerezore. Aktivistet nderkombetare dhe grupe te grave, perfshire ketu edhe grupet e grave nga ish-jugosllavia, filluan te perkrahin aktivitetet e grave ne Kosove. Ne Viti, Ofami e perkrah formimin e shoqates Legjenda. Shqiptaret nga Kosova filluan te marrin pjese ne tubimet e Grave ne te Zeza nga Beogradi te cilat protestojne kunder luftes dhe militarizmit. 1997 U themelua grupi Aureola, me aktivitet ne Obiliq. Poashtu grupi per te drejtat e grave me baze ne Prishtine. Tetor 1997 Ushtria Serbe filloi pergaditjet clandestine per pastrim etnik te shqiptareve dhe luften. Shkurt 1998 Ushtria Serbe filloi operacionet ushtarake kunder popullates shqiptare ne qendren e Kosoves. Me dhjetera mijera njerez debohen nga shtepite e tyre ne pjeset tjera te Kosoves. Filluan masakrat, vrasjet dhe dhunimet. Dhuna gjashtembedhjete muajshe shkaktoi vdekjen e dhjetera mijera njerezve duke perfshire dhunimin e mijera grave. OJQte Kosovare (grupe te grave dhe organizata per te drejtat e njerezve) filluan te ndihmojne te zhvendosurit me ushqim, kujdes mjekesor, strehim dhe arsimim. Atehere OJQte e grave filluan te takohen nje here ne muaj qe te perkrahin njera tjetren ne pune dhe te ndajne pervojat e punes. U themelua Qendra per Rehabilitimin e nenes dhe femiut ne Prishtine per perkujdesjen e te zhvendosurve nga Drenica. Shtator 1998 Grupet e grave qe punojne ne zonat rurale themelojne Rrjetin (Aureola, Elena, Legjenda, Liria, Motrat Qiriazi). Si Rrjet I grave rurale ato punuan ne zhvillimin e programeve te ngjashme, ne menyre qe tu japin me shume perkrahje grave dhe vajzave ne zonat e konfliktit ne Kosove dhe filluan lidhjen me grupet e grave feministe jashte Kosoves. Grate me paaftesi themeluan organizaten e tyre ZGJIMI. Mars 1999 NATO reagon ne shkeljet e te drejtave te njerezve te shkaktuara nga Autoritetet Serbe. Pozicionet ushtarake ne Kosove Serbi e Mal te Zi u bombarduan. Paramilitaret dhe ushtaret Serb shtuan sulmet e tyre ndaj populates civile duke I perzere shqiptaret nga shtepite e tyre dhe duke I vrare ata. Me shume se gjysma e populates shqiptare u detyrua te largohet ne kembe, neper male, te shkoje ne vende me te sigurta ne Maqedoni, Shqiperi e Bosnje. Grupet e grave Kosovare, te cilat vete ishin refugjate filluan te organizohen ne menyre qe te ofrojne ndihme humanitare dhe shpirterore refugjateve te tubuar neper kampe. Qershor 1999 Marreveshja e Kumanoves nenshkruhet nga shteti Jugosllav qe signalizon dorezimin e tyre autoriteteve te NATOs dhe fillojne terheqjen e tyre nga Kosova.. Kjo marreveshje nuk I perfshiu dorezimin e te burgosurve politike. Si rezultat grate nuk mund te kishin prane tyre te dashurit e tyre ngase ata u derguan neper burgjet e Serbise dhe shumica e tyre nuk u leshuan deri me 2001. Nder te burgosurit politike kishte edhe femra. Shqiptaret filluan me te shpejte te riparojne shtepite e tyre te djegura dhe fshatrat e shkaterruara. Ata fillojne te rindertojne jeten e tyre. Serbet dhe Romet filluan te largohen nga Kosova me frike nga represaljet. Tetor 1999 Bashkesia nderkombetare nuk perfshine ne programet e tyre shoqerine civile. UNMIK dhe OSBE margjinalizojne grupet e grave. Keshtuqe grupet e grave filluan betejen kunder neo-kolonializmit qe funksionon nga UNMIKu dhe OSBEja, te cilet nuk treguan aspak respect per punen shumevjecare te vete organizimit te shoqerise civile kosovare. Janar 2000 Disa individe ne institucionet nderkombetare japin perkrahjen grupeve te grave ne organizimin e tyre. Njera nga keto iniciativa nxjerr themelimin e Rrjetit te grupeve te grave te Kosoves, organizate kjo qe perfshine me shume se 32 grupe te grave, shumica te themeluara ne 1999. Ne takime te rregullta te Rrjetit marrin pjese edhe nderkombetaret. Qershor 2000 Rrjeti I Grupeve te grave te Kosoves organizon konferencen e pare regjionale te grave shqiptare. Temat e diskutimeve ishin: shendetesia, arsimimi, dhuna ndaj gruas, trafikimi I grave, te drejtat e grave. Qershor 2001 Minoritetet ne Kosove kerkojne nga Rrjeti perkrahjen per organizimin e tyre. Keshtuqe Rrjeti shton numrin e grupeve me ato te Turkeve, Roma, Ashkali, Egjiptase dhe Serbe. Nentor 2001 Rrjeti merr pjese ne organizimin e conferences se dyte te grave ne temen: Gruaja dhe Ekonimia. Rrjeti organizon fushaten e dyte me rradhe kunder dhunes ndaj femres, duke perfshire kengetaret e njohur me kenget e tyre kunder dhunes ndaj femres, shfaqje e punuar ne kete teme, Spotet Televizive, posteret dhe aktivitete tjera kulturore. * SHOQATA E FERMRAVE 'LEGJENDA' VITI Informata per Shoqaten >>>> 400 femra dhe 80 femije vetem ne vitin 2001 kane participuar te rregullt ne projektet e qendres te shoqates se femrave per te fituar njohuri per rrobaqepesi, kompjuter, per te marre pjese ne keshillime te nydryshme te organizuara enkas sipas kerkesave te tyre. 500 nxenes te shkollave te mesme te dy gjinive kane marre pjese ne kater seanca, ku kane ndegjuar ekspert te fushave perkatese, per informimin e moshave te reja lidhur me dukurit, shkaqet dhe pasojat e dukurive devijante ndre te rinje, kryesisht pjesmarresit nga fshati 90%.' Nga Latife Neziri e shqates Legjenda <<<< Shqata e femrave 'Legjenda' eshte formuar ne tetor te vitit 1996 dhe este shoqat joqeveritare e fokusuar ne fshatrat e Vitise dhe ne vete qytetin. Ne qendren e shoqates sone ne Viti femra, femije dhe te rinje nga te gjithe grupet etnike dhe sociale, kane mundesi te vine per te fituar shkathetesi per pune me kompjuter, rrobaqepesi keshillime, tribuna, perkrahje psikosociale dhe qe te shkembejne pervoja dhe ide te ndryshme ne mes vete. Ne gjithashtu jemi qdo here ne fshat, posaqerisht ne fshatrat e largeta malore per ta vazhduar komunikimin me femra dhe per te perkrah ambicjet e tyre. Ne te gjithe se bashku marrim pjese ne projekte te komunikimit sidomos ne projekte per ambientin. VISIONI: Visioni jone eshte qe te rrisim pjesmarrjen e femres se fshatit ne rrjedhat e shoqerise civile ne Kosove. PROCESI: Shoqate ofron programe te perkrahjes per femrat (psikosociale) keshillime shendetesore, treningje per edukim, fitim te shkathtesive profesionale per pavaresim ekonomik me programe trajnimi, fushata sensibilizuese, programe te lira argetimi per te gjithe. REGJONI I PUNES: Vitia eshte komun e ku perfshin 42 fshatra. Ne jemi pjese e Rrjetit te grupeve te grave ne Kosove. AKTIVISTET: Shoqata ne gjrin e vete perfshin: Kryetaren, ndihmesen e kryetares dhe 5 asistenet te projekteve. Kohe pas kohe ne aktivitete organizohen ekspert lokal dhe nderkombetar per udheheqeje te treningjeve. KUSH PER KE PUNON: Shoqata punon kryesisht per femra dhe femije dhe ate te moshave te ndryshme, ne theks te veqant femrat e fshatit. Kohe pas kohe mbuojm dhe puntori, treningje, programe per te rinjet e dy gjinive. PERKRAHJA E GRUPIT: Grupi jone ka marre perkrahje financiare nga: OXFAM-Prishtine, KWI-Prishtine, GFW-Nju York, CDF- Prishtine, Star Delhi Internacional, Beograd, AID- Prishtine, Kisha Norvegjeze-Prishtine, Soros- Prishtine, Motrat Qiriazi-Prishtine, Sh.B ' Nene Tereza', Viti- si dhe donator vendas. Gjithemom ne moton ' Ma jep femren e shkolluar, ta jep kombin e civilzuar' Ingj. Latife Neziri Tel: + 381-280-82-024 Email: latifeneziri at hotmail.com ----------------------------------------- MBI Z?RIN E RRJETIT ----------------------------------------- Z?RI I RRJETIT do t? publikohen ?do muaj nga Rrjeti I Grupeve t? Grave t? Kosov?s.N? rrjet jan? t? kyqyra 32 grupe t? grave nga mbar? Kosova. Shpresojm? se k?to informata q? do t? ju sjellim do t? jen? t? dobishme p?r ju dhe shpresojm? se do ta kemi mb?shtetjen tuaj.Ju lutemi q? k?t? buletin tju p?rcjellni t? tjer?ve n? m?nyr? q? edhe ata t? na bashkangjiten. 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