Open AccessTracking Gender-Based Human Rights Violations in Postwar Kosovo
Author(s) -
Sapna Desai,
Melissa J. Perry
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.8.1304
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , human rights , tracking (education) , political science , institution , criminology , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , poison control , law , economic growth , environmental health , sociology , medicine , pedagogy , computer science , economics , programming language
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.