{"id":78074,"date":"2022-06-08T19:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T17:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/prej-dites-ne-dite\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T11:46:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T09:46:46","slug":"one-day-to-the-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/one-day-to-the-next\/","title":{"rendered":"One day to the next"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"78074\" class=\"elementor elementor-78074 elementor-77280\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e634f0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e634f0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df24a4a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df24a4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cc156f\" data-id=\"3cc156f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c09b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58c09b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Women-cleaners_008.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-77218\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c856e elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13c856e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">\"They do not pay you for<br> your work, for your sweat.\"<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8dc665 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8dc665\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80feb77\" data-id=\"80feb77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e516a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e516a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every day at 7 a.m. Fildane, alongside a few other women, goes to work<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A car takes them at 9 a.m. and sends them to where they will clean today. U<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ntil 5 p.m. they clean houses, apartments, building entrances and offices. They have a 30 minute break to eat lunch, which they usually bring with them from home. Sometimes they are offered food by the owners of the houses where they are working that day.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their day ends at 5 p.m. after an \u201cexhausting\u201d day&#8217;s work that leaves them with \u201cno body part that doesn\u2019t hurt,\u201d as Fildane says. The same car returns them to where it picked them up and then they receive their payment for the day. They arrive home by 7 p.m. and here the unpaid work begins.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as she gets home, Fildane (the cleaners interviewed for this article have been granted pseudonyms) cooks for her three children, washes their <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clothes and shares the money she has earned amongst them to take to school the next day.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fildane, who is in her early 40s, only completed high school. Three years ago she started working as a cleaner, finding jobs through ads that maintenance companies publish on social media.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15d6826 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15d6826\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fba807\" data-id=\"1fba807\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d46f25b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d46f25b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Women-cleaners_001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-77197\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eaa7dc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eaa7dc5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3a4594\" data-id=\"b3a4594\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a4268c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a4268c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the data is unofficial and there is limited up-to-date research, it is clear that a large number of women from different parts of Kosovo work as cleaners in homes, apartments and offices, as well as as babysitters. As this industry expands, it is still largely informal and unregulated. Most of these women are not legally recognized as employees.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f6c99cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f6c99cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b7b262\" data-id=\"8b7b262\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca322e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ca322e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>(Un)employment of women in numbers<\/b><\/h4><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><b> Only 15.9% of women are <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.rks-gov.net\/en\/kosovo-agency-of-statistics\/add-news\/labour-force-survey-q1-2021\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><b><u>officially<\/u><\/b><\/a><b> employed.<\/b><\/li><li><b> 50.3% of working women are employed in the education, trade and healthcare sectors.<\/b><\/li><li><b> 77.3% of women are inactive in the labor market, which means they are neither at work nor looking for work.<\/b><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb393c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb393c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bacd73\" data-id=\"5bacd73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653605e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"653605e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data on women&#8217;s employment does not provide a realistic picture of the situation. For example, there are no numbers about women working informally in child care, cleaning and maintenance because the vast majority of them work without contracts. This is in line with the trend of high informality in the private sector in Kosovo. It is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/kontrata-pune-sektori-privat-\/31106369.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estimated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that over 50% of the over 290,000 workers in this sector work without contracts. Not providing employees with a contract saves employers money and removes any legal responsibility when it comes to how employees are treated.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But even some of the companies that hire women to work in the cleaning and maintenance industry are not registered businesses.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the law does not address specific jobs in various industries, but is only concerned with the enforcement of contractual obligations. Therefore, for these women without contracts, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gzk.rks-gov.net\/ActDocumentDetail.aspx?ActID=2735\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>Labor Law<\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is practically useless.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bec0197 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bec0197\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbd47fb\" data-id=\"cbd47fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9945d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9945d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Women-cleaners_003.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-77203\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-351abd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"351abd8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-277e427\" data-id=\"277e427\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f47a67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f47a67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Violations of Labor Law<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without contracts, the duration of these women&#8217;s jobs varies from day to day. Their positions can be terminated by the employer at any time, without any advance notice and without giving employees room for complaint or an option to contest the process.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For each working day or month, women who work as cleaners or child caretakers are paid differently even though they do the same work. Payments range from 10 to 30 euros per day for cleaning and up to 300 euros per month for childcare.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the employees are not registered, their pension contributions are not paid. If this continues, most of them will only receive a basic pension of 100 euros when they retire, even though they have worked all their lives.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f027245 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f027245\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5218583\" data-id=\"5218583\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e933389 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e933389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Women-cleaners_005.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-77209\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e11e588 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e11e588\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b805d22\" data-id=\"b805d22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c6632a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c6632a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a verbal agreement, these women often work with only one day off, while the only official holidays they can enjoy are those that the employer decides to offer.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are not offered annual or medical leave if they have health problems, and there is often a lack of mutual understanding between them and the employer. Sometimes they are deprived of money and often their payments are delayed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Those who pay you on time are rarely found,&#8221; said Mina. &#8220;While those who do not pay you on time are large in number. They do not pay you for your work, for your sweat.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b043912 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b043912\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59bacf8\" data-id=\"59bacf8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-911100f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"911100f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Women-cleaners_002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-77200\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b963831 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b963831\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-697cfee\" data-id=\"697cfee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d36d95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d36d95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere was a company that in the end owed 20 euros to each of us,\u201d Fildane said. \u201cI said to him, you may not give me my money, but I will never forgive you, and we left. He didn\u2019t give us the money because he didn&#8217;t want to and we couldn\u2019t finish the work. He sent us to a place [to clean], and we did as much as we were able. Moreover, I had to receive medical injections for three days in a row after this occasion, and so I told him I could not work on those days. For these reasons he refused to pay us.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have no place to complain. The legal oversight mechanism for the implementation of Labor Law in Kosovo is the Labor Inspectorate, where employees can file complaints if the employment contract is violated. In cases of unfair termination of employment, the employee can appeal to the relevant municipal court. Both entities may impose fines on the employer if they conclude that the complaint was well-founded.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf he was only a good person, he wouldn\u2019t deny other\u2019s sweat, right?\u201d said Fildane. \u201cWhat&#8217;s the reason we go and sweat there \u2013\u2013 to receive money.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c9386c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c9386c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abb4911\" data-id=\"abb4911\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3f7338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e3f7338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Women-cleaners_007.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-77215\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c359244 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c359244\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea911dd\" data-id=\"ea911dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5a6611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5a6611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.rks-gov.net\/en\/kosovo-agency-of-statistics\/add-news\/labour-force-survey-q1-2021\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>data<\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u> <\/u>from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS), in the first quarter of 2021, the labor market works in favor of women who have tertiary education compared to those who have completed only high school. Only 18.5% of women who have just completed high school are employed compared with 49% of women who have tertiary education.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many women working in this industry are now in their 40s and 50s, which means they were 18 two or three decades ago. This was a time when as a result of a difficult economic situation and long-standing gender-based exclusion, many women could not afford to complete more than primary or secondary school. Despite this, today most jobs in the market require a university degree.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61abadd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61abadd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe0847d\" data-id=\"fe0847d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2529517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2529517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Women-cleaners_004.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-77206\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9421bea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9421bea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d5418e\" data-id=\"1d5418e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd951ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd951ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the Labor Law \u2014 which is supposed to prevent applicants from being discriminated against on the basis of gender, age, ethnicity, marital status and other identity characteristics \u2014 is not enforced. These women say that age and having children often determines your ability to get a better job. Employers usually refuse to hire women of a certain age or those who are married because of the assumption that they have other obligations at home.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fildane and her friends have also applied for other jobs, especially at markets, where a university degree is not required, but their age reduces their chances.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEach of the companies that we contacted, asked us about our age,\u201d Fildane said. \u201cAs soon as you tell them you\u2019re 41 years old, if they see our pictures and we look younger they employ us, otherwise, they don\u2019t. Immediately after you contact them [through social media], they ask you how old you are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7625612 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7625612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"background-color:#FFFB00\">Author: Vjosa \u00e7erkini<\/span><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f733d2 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f733d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"background-color:#FFFB00\">photography: Atdhe Mulla\/k2.0<\/span><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9655ee1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9655ee1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a8c63d\" data-id=\"6a8c63d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d8f6f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d8f6f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/monographs\/sweat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"background-color:#000\">return to monograph<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day to the next ENG SHQ B\/C\/S &#8220;They do not pay you for your work, for your sweat.&#8221; Every&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":696,"featured_media":77213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1196],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78074"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78307,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78074\/revisions\/78307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}