Kosovar Ambassador Vlora Çitaku
In This Video
“When you’re oppressed, when you’re not free, you don’t have options but to fight.”
Ambassador Vlora Çitaku made her way from a refugee of war to the first female Ambassador from the Republic of Kosovo to the United States. She discusses how she became politically active and the role of women in Kosovo’s peacebuilding process.
Ambassador Çitaku also discusses the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and the efforts of Kosovo’s government to support victims by “giving a voice to the voiceless.”