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Skenderaj is a town in the district of Mitrovice in Kosovo and it is the most destroyed area from the war. The war started in this area and it ended here. It has had the majority of civilian killings and some villages have no men left: there are only widows with their children.
Nowadays, the situation of the widows looks even more perilous after international organisations are slowly moved from the Balkans to engage with the Afghanistan emergency. I spent some time in the region and the most devastating consequences of the war is the destitution of the women, many left widows, with their children. Many of the widows are homeless, with no work. Some of them live in what once were their homes before being bombed. International aid were helping to slowly rebuild these homes, however, as the emergency response was terminating, the international bodies were moved out of the country leaving the women in devastating conditions, and at best in windowless rooms, with nothing more than a small stove and a mattress.
Nowadays, the situation of the widows looks even more perilous after international organisations are slowly moved from the Balkans to engage with the Afghanistan emergency. I spent some time in the region and the most devastating consequences of the war is the destitution of the women, many left widows, with their children. Many of the widows are homeless, with no work. Some of them live in what once were their homes before being bombed. International aid were helping to slowly rebuild these homes, however, as the emergency response was terminating, the international bodies were moved out of the country leaving the women in devastating conditions, and at best in windowless rooms, with nothing more than a small stove and a mattress.