Women's Rights in Western Balkans serves as a benchmark for the six Western Balkan accession countries regarding women's rights and influence, for comparisons over time. This is the fifth edition of the report. The report is prepared as part of the regional programme “Strengthening Women's Rights, Participation and Influence in the Western Balkans 2015 - 2020”, to strengthen evidence-based advocacy. This programme is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and implemented by The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation in cooperation with women's civil society organisations in the Western Balkans. It includes Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The overall objective of the programme is to strengthen women's rights and women's equal participation in decision- making in the Western Balkans, with the specific objective of gendering the EU accession.
