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Kosova Women's Network

Amount: $50,000
Grant Period: 1/1/2008 to 12/31/2009
Program: Civil Society
Program Area: Central/Eastern Europe and Russia
Geographic Focus: Serbia and Montenegro: Kosovo

The program goal is to strengthen women's participation in community development initiatives and in local- and national-level decisionmaking. To this end, this grant supports the organizational and programmatic development of the Kosova Women's Network, a network of Kosovar women's nongovernmental organizations. The network supports its members through advocacy, networking activities, capacity-building opportunities, and joint campaigns. In 2008-2009, the network will focus on empowering women to participate in politics and decisionmaking processes, preventing trafficking of women and girls and assisting victims of trafficking, improving access to and the quality of women's healthcare, and strengthening member organizations' capacities. Based in Pristina, the network has 81 members located throughout Kosovo and representing all ethnic groups.

Project Contact:

St. Hajdar Dushi C-2, II/8 10000 Pristina
Pristina, KOSOVO
Program Officer: Walter Veirs
Organizational Website: http://www.womensnetwork.org
Project Website: Not Available

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