Feride Rushiti

Feride Rushiti
Awards International Women of Courage Award Edit this on Wikidata

Feride Rushiti is a Kosovan human rights activist and director of Kosovo Center for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (KRCT). Feride Rushiti has received the International Women of Courage Award.[1][2]

Life

Feride Rushiti graduated from the University of Medicine, Tirana in 1997.[3]

As a result of the 1998-1999 war, Rushiti organized a team of 45 health professionals from Kosovo, for newly returnees and survivors of torture.[4]

After more than a decade of lobbying by women activists, including Feride Rushiti, survivors are eligible for compensation as victims of war. They began enrolling at the February 2018. Survivors can receive $ 280 (around 228 Euros) monthly compensation.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Feride Rushiti merr Çmimin Ndërkombëtar për Gratë e Guximshme". KOHA.net (in Albanian). 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  2. ↑ "Feride Rushiti, fituese e çmimit për gra të guximshme". VOA (in Albanian). Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  3. ↑ "Feride Rushitit do t'i ndahet Çmimi Ndërkombëtar për Gratë e Guximshme". Telegrafi. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  4. ↑ "Feride Rushiti nderohet nga Departamenti Amerikan i shtetit me çmimin "Gratë e guximshme"". Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Kosovo. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  5. ↑ "Not All Kosovar Women Raped During War With Serbia Apply For Compensation". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-07-19.

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