If the Pristina media, while reporting on the north, are collectively accusing the Serbs of something, how can the Serbs in the north be interested in following their news? How can we expect the Kosovo Albanians to have a positive opinion on the dialogue with Serbia when the Serbian Prime Minister stated that Albanians came from the woods and that it is impossible to negotiate with them? If the media are unable to get rid of collective responsibility in their reporting, then we cannot expect any improvement in our relations.

Access to official information and interlocutors, especially from the sphere of political life, as well as the safety of male and female journalists present challenges in the work, which were discussed the most by female journalists from Kosovo at the two-day conference in Budva.

A panel discussion organized marking the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security for Kosovo’s Global Open Day was held in March in Prishtina, discussing the gender-responsive and inclusive political processes in Kosovo.

The European Parliament’s Committee for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) has adopted a resolution on women’s rights in the Western Balkans, proposed by Croatian MEP Biljana Borzan, the EU’s Rapporteur for Women’s Rights.

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A total of 44 women from Kosovo are in the ranks of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, while 60 come from Bosnia-Herzegovina.

This is according to an article published by Sputnik, quoting data from the Kosovo Center for Security Studies.

The best known Albanian woman from Kosovo that has joined the terrorist group is Qamile Tahiri, who is only 23 years old.

Currently, according to Kosovo-based press, she heads the training camps for women jihadist in Syria, and is considered one of Islamic State's most radical women-fighters from this region, writes Sputnik.