Pejë, February 19 – A conference was organized to present the results of the report “Research on gender barriers related to the participation of women in education and employment in the tourism sector in Kosovo”, which is part of the “Support for the Development of Education and Employment” project. ” implemented by Syri i Vizioni and Volkshilfe and supported by ADA “Austrian Development Cooperation”.
At the conference, after the presentation of the findings, suggestions and final remarks were received from the participants, so that this research is published, and serves the institutions to which these are addressed in the form of recommendations.
The research is focused on the gender barriers related to the participation of women in education and employment in the tourism sector and was carried out by the company UBO Consulting in three municipalities of Kosovo (Pejë, Gjakovë and Prizren). According to the research, the prejudice against women, the lack of professionalization in this sector and employment on a family basis in these family economies are among the main obstacles that cause the number of women to be very small in education in this sector. The participants said that the recommendations made in this research should be taken into account by the institutions to improve the situation in this sector.