Kosovo

Abstract

Kosovo is one of the poorest countries
 in Europe (World Bank 2010). In 2009, 35 percent of the
 population lived below the poverty line. This note was
 prepared primarily as a key input to the Kosovo country
 partnership strategy (FY2012 to FY2015) and aims to provide
 an overview of gender disparities in three major domains:
 human capital, labor market, and entrepreneurship. The note
 provides a broad picture of gender disparities in Kosovo in
 education, health, and access to economic opportunities.
 Lack of statistical data on Kosovo, and particularly of
 gender-disaggregated data, limits the depth and scope of
 this gender diagnostic. Men and women in Kosovo have lower
 education levels than men and women in the European Union
 (EU). Women comprise less than 10 percent of all
 entrepreneurs and 0.3 percent of top management positions.
 This note is organized as follows: section one highlights
 gender differences in human capital focusing on education
 and health outcomes; section two describes men's and
 women's relative employment patterns; section three
 focuses on gender disparities in entrepreneurship and career
 advancement in business and politics; and section four
 provides concluding observations.