“Property and Inheritance Rights for Women whose husbands disappeared during the last war in Kosovo “- Krusha e Vogël and Krusha e Madhe – Region of Prizren, Kosovo
Session
Architecture and Spatial Planning
Description
Did the women of Krusha e Vogel and Krusha e Madhe inherit the family property, since their husbands were killed, or disappeared and to this day they are still missing?
Property and Inheritance Rights for Women whose husbands were killed or disappeared during the last war in Kosovo, is the purpose of this study, respectively the access of these women to family real estate. The case study is women whose husbands were killed or disappeared during the last war in Kosovo and who, on this occasion, earned the title of 'widow'.
The research is conducted in the villages of Krusha e Vogël - Municipality of Prizren and Krusha e Madhe - Municipality of Rahovec, one of the most suffered villages from the recent war in Kosovo. Krusha e Vogël, as a result of the recent war, has 113 male victims, or 70% of all men from the age of 13 to the age of 77, leaving widows and orphans. In the village of Krusha e Madhe, 243 Albanians were massacred by Serbs living in the same village, leaving widows and orphaned children, alive. According to these data, most of the Krushian families, as heads of households have surviving wives, widows. Therefore, being the head of the family and facing a mountain of challenges, such as economic, social, and cultural, the issue of how these women have approached the property and family heritage is considered.
The research questions consist of: “Are the heads of the families, even after 20 years from the last war, legitimate owners of the family property or, as the tradition defines it, family property is inherited to surviving male heirs”?
Keywords:
Property Rights, heritage, widows
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.391
Recommended Citation
Gonxha, Venera, "“Property and Inheritance Rights for Women whose husbands disappeared during the last war in Kosovo “- Krusha e Vogël and Krusha e Madhe – Region of Prizren, Kosovo" (2022). UBT International Conference. 400.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/400
“Property and Inheritance Rights for Women whose husbands disappeared during the last war in Kosovo “- Krusha e Vogël and Krusha e Madhe – Region of Prizren, Kosovo
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Did the women of Krusha e Vogel and Krusha e Madhe inherit the family property, since their husbands were killed, or disappeared and to this day they are still missing?
Property and Inheritance Rights for Women whose husbands were killed or disappeared during the last war in Kosovo, is the purpose of this study, respectively the access of these women to family real estate. The case study is women whose husbands were killed or disappeared during the last war in Kosovo and who, on this occasion, earned the title of 'widow'.
The research is conducted in the villages of Krusha e Vogël - Municipality of Prizren and Krusha e Madhe - Municipality of Rahovec, one of the most suffered villages from the recent war in Kosovo. Krusha e Vogël, as a result of the recent war, has 113 male victims, or 70% of all men from the age of 13 to the age of 77, leaving widows and orphans. In the village of Krusha e Madhe, 243 Albanians were massacred by Serbs living in the same village, leaving widows and orphaned children, alive. According to these data, most of the Krushian families, as heads of households have surviving wives, widows. Therefore, being the head of the family and facing a mountain of challenges, such as economic, social, and cultural, the issue of how these women have approached the property and family heritage is considered.
The research questions consist of: “Are the heads of the families, even after 20 years from the last war, legitimate owners of the family property or, as the tradition defines it, family property is inherited to surviving male heirs”?