The provisions of the Constitution define that the Republic of Kosovo ensures gender equality as a fundamental value for the democratic development of society, equal opportunities for the participation of women and men in political, economic, social, cultural life and in other areas of social life.

Meanwhile, the Law on Gender Equality guarantees, protects and promotes equality between the sexes, as a fundamental value for the democratic development of society. Article 5 of this law, which defines the general measures for preventing gender discrimination and ensuring gender equality, describes a number of measures that must be implemented by institutions of all levels in order to prevent and eliminate gender discrimination and achieve gender equality, where among others, it also includes taking into account gender equality in the case of naming institutions, schools and roads.

However, the naming of roads in Kosovo's municipalities provides evidence of gender discrimination, as less than 4% of roads in Kosovo bear women's names.

Based on the list provided by the Kosovo Cadastral Agency, it appears that in 32 municipalities of Kosovo, out of 21,508 streets, 13,840 have men's names or 57.3%, and only 707 or 3.6% have women's names, while 6,961 or 39.1% have other names. (street names that do not have individual gender designation, such as "Demokracia", "Gjeravica", "8 marsi", "Mirusha", "Tirana", etc.).

As for the 7 large municipalities of Kosovo, out of 8,904 street names, 6,072 or 69.1% have men's names, while 373 or 4.1% have women's names and 2,459 or 26.8% have other names. Of the 7 municipalities with the largest territory and number of roads, only Gjilan (7.7%), Prishtina (5.5%), and Peja (4.3%) exceed the Kosovo average (3.6%). From the municipalities with a smaller territory and number of roads, a greater percentage than the Kosovo average is observed in the municipalities: Ranilug (12.1%), Graçanicë (8.3%), Shtërpcë (8.2%), Kaçanik (5.8%), Kllokot (5.6%), Rahovec e Shtime (4.6%) and Fushë Kosovë (4.1%).

The naming of streets is known to be a delicate process, but the fact that gender discrimination is an inhibitor of development should also be taken into account.

Therefore, the recommendation for authorities and municipal bodies is to always take the aspect of gender equality into account, in every decision-making, so as to avoid any kind of discrimination. All relevant municipal commissions are also recommended to respect the provisions of the Law on Gender Equality, so that gender equality is taken into account not only in the case of streets, alleys and squares but also in the case of naming institutions, schools and streets .

This activity is supported by the program of the Kosovo Foundation for Civil Society (KCSF) 'EJA Kosovo', co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swedish Agency for International Development and Cooperation (Sida).