Tracking Gender-Based Human Rights Violations in Postwar Kosovo

Four years have passed since the institution of the cease-fire in Yugoslavia, and questions remain as to how Kosovar women are faring in the country's postwar reconstruction. Reports, albeit fragmented, suggest that violence against women began to increase in 1998 and 1999. This trend continued...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2004-08, Vol.94 (8), p.1304-1307
Main Authors: Desai, Sapna, Perry, Melissa J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Data collection
Domestic violence
Evidence
Female
Gender
Gender-based violence
Health Services Needs and Demand
Health surveillance
Human rights
Human Rights Abuses - prevention & control
Human Rights Abuses - statistics & numerical data
Humans
International organizations
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Murders & murder attempts
Political activism
Population Surveillance - methods
Postwar reconstruction
Professionals
Prostitution
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Sex crimes
Sex discrimination
Sex Offenses - prevention & control
Sex Offenses - statistics & numerical data
Society
Truces & cease fires
Violations
Violence - prevention & control
Violence - statistics & numerical data
War Crimes - prevention & control
War Crimes - statistics & numerical data
Women
Women's Rights - statistics & numerical data
Womens rights
Yugoslavia
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Summary:Four years have passed since the institution of the cease-fire in Yugoslavia, and questions remain as to how Kosovar women are faring in the country's postwar reconstruction. Reports, albeit fragmented, suggest that violence against women began to increase in 1998 and 1999. This trend continued through 2001, even while rates of other major crimes decreased. Despite considerable local efforts to address the conditions of women, there remains a lack of systematic data documenting the scope and frequency of violent acts committed against women. A centralized surveillance system focused on tracking human rights abuses needs to be established to address this critical need for empirically based reports and to ultimately guide reform efforts.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1304