“Before the war, we were occupied by the Serbs, so we couldn’t film openly,” said Bajrami. Motioning to actor Afrim Krasniqi, he said, “They tried to kill him once, but thank God he’s alive… The soldiers were making fun of them, like ‘You’re not even people, how can you be actors?’”“Before the war, we were occupied by the Serbs, so we couldn’t film openly,” said Bajrami. Motioning to actor Afrim Krasniqi, he said, “They tried to kill him once, but thank God he’s alive… The soldiers were making fun of them, like ‘You’re not even people, how can you be actors?’”

Ardian Bega, a 37 year-old waiter from Prishtina and his wife Merita dealt with this dilemma.

A research study of the Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN) including 400 employers– 1,301 women and 374 men– concluded that 40.8% of women are discriminated against when it comes to getting hired, because women who are planning to have children are viewed differently from those who are not planning for motherhood.

Throughout Kosovo, contraceptives are usually available to the public. On Gazmend Zajmi street in Pristina, a pharmacy offers the medical basics – Band-Aids, cough syrup and different-sized braces for different joints. Along one wall, a small section of shelves houses plastic packets of birth control pills. These pills can be bought with or without a doctor’s prescription and cost one to three euros. Wrapped condoms sit in a bowl on the counter or packed in cardboard boxes on a shelf.

It’s a normal afternoon in Prishtina, as the bustling sounds of Mother Theresa Boulevard fill the air. Birds are flying about, singing. Children are laughing and playing in the main plaza on this cool and cloudy evening. Couples holding hands are moving along with the flow, friends are catching up, an amid the crowd is 23-year-old Rinor Gashi. What sets Rinor apart, however, is that he’s not walking — he is rolling.

Along the main road Podujevo City, women and children held out their hands to passersby as the day’s heat began to decline. Their requests were most often unobtrusive, relying on the kindness of a coin from strangers.

Skender Boshtrakaj looked slightly frazzled as he made his way from the Museum of Kosova to the Ethnological Museum. It was a hot day, and sweat was dripping down his gray beard and long ponytail. He went straight to the spigot in the courtyard of the old houses to splash some water on his face, and he took a few minutes to collect his thoughts after sitting down.

Grandfather lives alone on the outskirts of the city. His wife died recently and now he struggles to take care of himself. He struggles with grief. The only joy that is still in his life comes from his 12-year-old granddaughter, Zana.

Jakute Turjaka, an 80 year-old woman, has been alone since after the war. Her husband had died. She never had children. After a while, she decided to leave her home and continue her life in the House for Elderly People With No Family in Prishtina. Now, she doesn’t feel lonely. With time, she befriended the staff and the other people that live there. She says that they take good care of her and she has regular medical check-ups.

Another business that works with the Peja Tourism Office is Hotel Rudi. Ylber Rudi opened the hotel in 1992, making it the first guest house in Bogë. Recently, the city has become the main skiing destination in the Rugova Mountains and attracted more tourists and companies.

She has difficulties with arranging the class because it has nearly 20 pupils and not enough space. Therefore, working with each student individually, is out of the question.

One woman handed her small child a phone to play with. He perched on a plastic stool and faced the window. Some women sat alone, some in pairs.