Get To Know Matilda and Kristin And Their Creative Rainbow Family

Two women, two white dresses and a priest. Matilda and Kristin’s church wedding became a dream coming true. A dream that will hopefully become possible in Kosovo. (Albanian text) 1. You and your wife live in a beautiful house on the countryside in Sweden together with your two kids. If you would introduce your family …

“Shkurte Fejza, we need you to sing about the oppression of women!”

The new song “Bride, Teacher” has caused heated debate recently on social media. Women have reported the song to YouTube due to its oppressive lyrics towards women. The singer Gresa Behluli has defended the lyrics as being sarcastic, something activist Luljeta Aliu is not buying. Article in Albanian Two weeks ago, the Albanian song “Bride, …

French Woman Raped in Kosovo Crying Out For Help

A French woman in Pristina is urgently trying to seek help and reach international media with her story. She fears for her life after her estranged husband broke in to her home, stabbed her friend and raped her. When the woman has reported the crimes to the police, they refused to help her. “We don’t …

Moja najmračnija noćna mora započela je tokom bračne noći

Ovo je tekst koji je napisala Rina Tahiraj i čast mi je da ga objavim - Mirja Lakso Ovaj tekst bih želela da posvetim svim ženama koje su bile ili su žrtve veze ili braka - Rina Tahiraj Kada sam bila u situaciji u kojoj su možda mnoge od vas trenutno, odlučila sam da sve …

Min Värsta Mardröm Började Under Bröllopsnatten

Denna text är skriven av Rina Tahiraj och det är en ära för mig att få publicera den. - Mirja Lakso Denna text vill jag tillägna alla kvinnor som är eller varit offer i ett förhållande eller giftermål. - Rina Tahiraj När jag själv befann mig i en situation som kanske många av er befinner …

My Darkest Nightmare Started During The Wedding Night

Swedish: CLICK HERE Albanian: CLICK HERE Serbian: CLICK HERE This is a text written by Rina Tahiraj and it is an honor for me to publish it - Mirja Lakso This text I would like to dedicate to all women that are or have been victims in a relationship or marriage - Rina Tahiraj When …

Wedding Night Blood And A Woman’s Honor

Dear reader, lately I have started to collect stories written by women from Kosovo in order to share them with you. The previous story about "Analsex And Stitching To Stay Virgin In Kosovo" was one of them. This week I would like to share another story with you. However, since the previous story resulted not …

Anal Sex And “Stitching” To Stay Virgin In Kosovo

This is a story told by an 18-year old Albanian woman describing what it means being a virgin in Kosovo, and what is done to young Albanian women so that they stay virgins – anal sex and "stitching". (This is the woman's story told with her own words. I have only created paragraphs and headlines …

How Will People In Kosovo Learn About Birth Control?

One of the biggest shocks with moving to Kosovo was definitely to find out how little people know about birth control. I’ve met many young men and women in Pristina that have never heard about hormonal birth controls, such as the Intrauterine Device (IUD) or implant. I have even met people in Pristina that don’t …

A Bipolar Adventure In North Korea

It was a sunny December day in one of the most closed countries in the world, North Korea. I was walking down the street of a suburb of Pyongyang together with “Onni”. Onni means big sister in Korean and it’s a term of respect. It’s what I used to call her, even if I knew …