RWLSEE works for increasing international profile of women’s issues in post-conflict setting of Western Balkans and shares experiences of RWLSEE internationally, in numerous international meetings and conferences. It lobbies for more attention, recognition and support for women’s peacebuilding efforts in Western Balkans, while expresses concerns that Balkan’s war history is being forgotten and contribution of women for reaching peace and building peace is being largely undermined. The RWLSEE Chair Edita Tahiri who represents RWLSEE in international affairs participated and shared peacebuilding experiences in number of UN high level meetings and international conferences on women’s empowerment and peaceful conflict resolution organized by UN Women including events in New York, Geneva, Tunis, Argentina, Vienna, etc. Ms. Tahiri was also part of UNWomen’s Expert Group who produced the report on a meaningful participation of women in peacebuilding processes in 2018.

In terms of international justice for women raped in wars in Western Balkans, RWLSEE has made an historic step in promoting this issue, through lobbying at highest UN levels. In March 2019 in UN Headquarters in New York, the RWLSEE Chair Edita Tahiri had a meeting with Pamela Patten, Deputy UNSG in charge of issues of war rape of women, accompanied by head of UN Women ECA Alia El-Yassir, where she discussed this topic and presented the Letter of RWLSEE to UNSG Antonio Guterres seeking international justice for women raped in wars in Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia as well as the Petition of Kosovo Citizens seeking international justice for women raped during the war in Kosovo.

She also was a speaker at the high level UN Women panel at CSW63 at UN Headquarters, together with UN Women Head Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN Head of the Department of Peace Operations. In her speech, she called for more support for Balkans and women of Balkans as a post-conflict region and particularly for international justice for survivors of rape during the wars in Balkans, which are being hidden and forgotten together with recent tragic wars in Balkans. 

In terms of international justice for women raped in wars in Western Balkans, RWLSEE has made an historic step in promoting this issue, through lobbying at highest UN levels. In March 2019 in UN Headquarters in New York, the RWLSEE Chair Edita Tahiri had a meeting with Pamela Patten, Deputy UNSG in charge of issues of war rape of women, accompanied by head of UN Women ECA Alia El-Yassir, where she discussed this topic and presented the Letter of RWLSEE to UNSG Antonio Guterres seeking international justice for women raped in wars in Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia as well as the Petition of Kosovo Citizens seeking international justice for women raped during the war in Kosovo.

She also was a speaker at the high level UN Women panel at CSW63 at UN Headquarters, together with UN Women Head Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN Head of the Department of Peace Operations. In her speech, she called for more support for Balkans and women of Balkans as a post-conflict region and particularly for international justice for survivors of rape during the wars in Balkans, which are being hidden and forgotten together with recent tragic wars in Balkans. 

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