Critical Analysis of Kosovo Legislation on Women’s Political Participation at the Municipal Level – International and European Standards
Women constitute half of the population in Kosovo, thus representing half of the voters in elections. Given the high importance of women’s representation in local governance, Kosovo has approved relevant legislation to guarantee gender equality at this level. The purpose of this study is to critical...
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| description | Women constitute half of the population in Kosovo, thus representing half of the voters in elections. Given the high importance of women’s representation in local governance, Kosovo has approved relevant legislation to guarantee gender equality at this level. The purpose of this study is to critically analyse Kosovo’s legislation on women’s political participation rights in the country’s municipalities. The analysis of Kosovo legislation on gender equality, international standards, and statistical data on women’s representation in local governance in Kosovo proves that women are underrepresented in municipal-level politics, with an average of 14.5% during the last twenty-three years, much lower than the gender quota in Kosovo and the world average of 36%. This is due to the non-harmonisation of the electoral quota with the gender quota (50%), the non-implementation of Kosovo Law on Gender
Equality, traditions, prejudice against women, and the reluctance of women to assume governing positions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e195ab3ff1d448ccaf90251c993dbea12024-03-21T12:32:37ZdeuKozminski UniversityKrytyka Prawa2080-10842450-79382024-06-0115213515610.7206/kp.2080-1084.599Critical Analysis of Kosovo Legislation on Women’s Political Participation at the Municipal Level – International and European StandardsSabiha Shala0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5170-5946University of Haxhi ZekaWomen constitute half of the population in Kosovo, thus representing half of the voters in elections. Given the high importance of women’s representation in local governance, Kosovo has approved relevant legislation to guarantee gender equality at this level. The purpose of this study is to critically analyse Kosovo’s legislation on women’s political participation rights in the country’s municipalities. The analysis of Kosovo legislation on gender equality, international standards, and statistical data on women’s representation in local governance in Kosovo proves that women are underrepresented in municipal-level politics, with an average of 14.5% during the last twenty-three years, much lower than the gender quota in Kosovo and the world average of 36%. This is due to the non-harmonisation of the electoral quota with the gender quota (50%), the non-implementation of Kosovo Law on Gender Equality, traditions, prejudice against women, and the reluctance of women to assume governing positions.https://journals.kozminski.edu.pl/pub/7222gender equalitywomen’s representationlocal governancemunicipalities in kosovochallenges |
| spellingShingle | Sabiha Shala Critical Analysis of Kosovo Legislation on Women’s Political Participation at the Municipal Level – International and European Standards Krytyka Prawa gender equality women’s representation local governance municipalities in kosovo challenges |
| title | Critical Analysis of Kosovo Legislation on Women’s Political Participation at the Municipal Level – International and European Standards |
| title_full | Critical Analysis of Kosovo Legislation on Women’s Political Participation at the Municipal Level – International and European Standards |
| title_fullStr | Critical Analysis of Kosovo Legislation on Women’s Political Participation at the Municipal Level – International and European Standards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critical Analysis of Kosovo Legislation on Women’s Political Participation at the Municipal Level – International and European Standards |
| title_short | Critical Analysis of Kosovo Legislation on Women’s Political Participation at the Municipal Level – International and European Standards |
| title_sort | critical analysis of kosovo legislation on women s political participation at the municipal level international and european standards |
| topic | gender equality women’s representation local governance municipalities in kosovo challenges |
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