that will help the poor. I also plan to open my tailoring shop and recruit poor people. I appreciate the course because we are acquiring basic and more advanced skills. Within the project, different workshops, training and discussions were organized, involving around 800 persons, according to ECMI Kosovo. Some had English, literacy or accounting classes. Others learnt how to write a project proposal or trained in hair-dressing. Lectures on breast cancer and other women’s health issues were also organized. Jeta Bakija is the manager of the project. Jeta: The aim of the project is to increase the capacities of women in the targeted municipalities in order to protect and promote their rights. ECMI Kosovo with its partners organisations have organised a lot of activities, capacity trainings, round tables where we discuss different issues of concern. We organised skill trainings where we help women to increase their capacity to generate incomes... We organised also a lot of meetings with men, where we discussed with them why it is important to protect and promote women’s rights. And, we focus on gender-based violence and on early marriages, especially if we talk about Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities. We invited for instance male leaders to explain why it's important to support women to get education and not to get married at 14-15. As an organisation, our mandate is to protect and promote minority rights, including women. We think that to discuss about women’s rights is never enough, so we need a lot of projects that will really increase the awareness of the public, men and women, to protect and promote these rights. Jeta and all the people working on this project are aware that they are helping women in only four municipalities. They hope that in the future, with support for new projects and initiatives, they will be able to reach even more women throughout Kosovo.
that will help the poor. I also plan to open my tailoring shop and recruit poor people. I appreciate the course because we are acquiring basic and more advanced skills. Within the project, different workshops, training and discussions were organized, involving around 800 persons, according to ECMI Kosovo. Some had English, literacy or accounting classes. Others learnt how to write a project proposal or trained in hair-dressing. Lectures on breast cancer and other women’s health issues were also organized. Jeta Bakija is the manager of the project. Jeta: The aim of the project is to increase the capacities of women in the targeted municipalities in order to protect and promote their rights. ECMI Kosovo with its partners organisations have organised a lot of activities, capacity trainings, round tables where we discuss different issues of concern. We organised skill trainings where we help women to increase their capacity to generate incomes... We organised also a lot of meetings with men, where we discussed with them why it is important to protect and promote women’s rights. And, we focus on gender-based violence and on early marriages, especially if we talk about Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities. We invited for instance male leaders to explain why it's important to support women to get education and not to get married at 14-15. As an organisation, our mandate is to protect and promote minority rights, including women. We think that to discuss about women’s rights is never enough, so we need a lot of projects that will really increase the awareness of the public, men and women, to protect and promote these rights. Jeta and all the people working on this project are aware that they are helping women in only four municipalities. They hope that in the future, with support for new projects and initiatives, they will be able to reach even more women throughout Kosovo.