Baština (Jan 2014)
'Highli ghting' of the problem of violence over women in Kosovo and Metohia
Abstract
In this paper results of empiric research of violence over women in three municipalities in Kosovo and Metohia - Kosovska Mitrovica, Leposavić and Gračanica were shown. In the first case, it is about women living and working exclusively in urban milieu, while in the second and the third case women from rural origin are dominating. Phenomenon of violence over women in such specific socio-cultural frame, which is featured by post-war and post-socialist transformation, was not researched thoroughly in so far scientific/field researches due to numerous factors, and efforts of some researchers to point firstly to some 'more important' social problems in Kosovo and Metohia. This paper is the result of more extensive research, whose objective is to inform professional public with the perceptions of women/respondents on the violence presence in their families and the nearest milieu. We have tried to make the 'silent' voices of 'ordinary' women closer to professional public indicating the necessity of realization of much more thorough researches on this subject.
