Only eight Kosovar women are representing about 50 per cent of the population in the local elections of 2017.

At only three per cent of all mayoral candidates in Kosovo’s upcoming local elections, eight Kosovar women are proposing measures that they promise to implement if they are trusted with the citizens’ votes on October 22.

The Law on Gender Equality foresees that candidate lists should represent both genders equally, and before the elections, the Kosovo Ombudsperson emphasized that the candidate lists should reflect that.

However, once again, the 2017 local elections do not show an improvement in women’s representation.

See at: http://prishtinainsight.com/women-mayorships-elections-mag/