Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri participated in the International Conference on enhancing the role of women in peace processes and justice that was held under the patronage of the President of Croatia Dr. Ivo Josipovic in Zagreb on 18 October 2012.
This conference was organized by the Regional Women’s Lobby (RWLSEE) with the theme “Women in peace building: Women access to justice in post-conflict countries” and it was attended by women leaders from politics and civil society from across the region including Kosovo, Croatia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia, as well as by prominent international representative.
In her speech, Deputy Prime Minister Tahiri, who also serves as the head of Women’s Lobby, stressed that women have made a major contribution to peace building in the region and are committed to strengthening democracy, justice and security in the region. Regional Women’s Lobby considers that democracy and justice are the cornerstones for a sustainable peace that provides the European future of the region, she said. Further, Ms. Tahiri said that the bitter past of wars in the region cannot be changed nor can they be forgotten, but we can and should build a better future for all, where the nations and countries in the region respect and accept each other and work together for the Euro-Atlantic agenda and good neighbourliness. In addition, Ms. Edita Tahiri said that women are a strategic value of the society and should be a factor in the new paradigm for the development and democratization of the region. Society should be aware that women make up half of the human capital, so we have to create the right space f
or activating women’s leadership potential, for a better future for all, she said.
In his speech, Croatian President Ivo Josipovic stressed the importance of increasing the awareness of the full equality of women and their rights in the public sphere and in society by emphasizing the existence of discrepancies between normative rights and the real position of women in contemporary society. In particular, he was committed to ensuring women’s full access to justice, and in this case called for justice to act especially towards women who are victims of war and sexual violence, noting that for the most part justice did not do its job and that those responsible of the crimes have not yet received the appropriate punishment.
In the framework of the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri had a conversation with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic where they reaffirmed the good relations between the two countries and expressed the willingness to further strengthen the mutual cooperation in areas of common interest and within the frames of Euro-Atlantic agenda.
This Conference was addressed by many personalities among whom were Elizabeth Rehn, former Defence Minister of Finland, Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia, Teuta Arifi, ministers and Members of Parliaments from Croatia and the entire region, representatives of Zagreb municipal authorities and representatives of international organizations and the civil society.
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