About us
Mission and vision.
Our mission is to support marginalised women in Kosovo to earn and save money, to improve their health and well-being, to influence decisions within their family and community, and to build networks of support. By drawing on their skills and knowledge, and with access to resources, women are able to create lasting change for themselves, for their families and for their community.
KW4W envisions a world in which no woman is abused, poor, illiterate or marginalised, in which members of every community take part in society equally and fully, and in which each person is free to determine and shape their own future and to show their full potential.
Values
01 · Sustainable development
02 · Equality and the fair distribution of income
03 · Individual and collective rights
04 · Democracy and active citizenship
05 · Cooperation and partnership
06 · The rule of law
07 · Personal integrity and dignity
08 · Accountability
Director and team
Dr. Iliriana Jaka Gashi
Dr Iliriana Jaka Gashi is the Executive Director of Kosova — Women 4 Women (K-W4W), where she manages programmes that have served more than 35,000 women since 1999.
From 2011 she spent almost six years as country director for Women for Women International in Kosovo. In 2017 she led the transition of the programme into an independent local NGO — Kosova — Women 4 Women — and became its executive director.
Before joining Women for Women International she worked for the Canadian International Development Agency, World Vision, the French Embassy in Kosovo, the World Bank and the American International Health Alliance (AIHA). She was also a member of the Policy and Planning Committee at Kosovo’s Ministry of Health.
She is a medical doctor with a Master’s degree in Health Care Administration Management from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. She serves on the board of the Network of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Women’s Organisations of Kosovo, on the board of the CiviKos Platform, and is a member of the Soroptimist International Club in Prishtina.