Most of women don’t choose to go beyond the simple day-to-day management of the money and most of remittances received are spent on consumption and children education. Regarding to the approach towards financing children based on gender, female household declare that they aim to provide same opportunities to their sons and daughters. “"I have always treated my children equally. My greatest wish is that my children complete their studies, therefore I help them with their homework ". (Interview, Drenas, 29/04/2013) In all this, we see the impact of remittances on the possibility of participation, influence and empowerment of women in the family and society, through her further education and improvement of her position. Kosovo Remittance Study of UNDP found that the proportion of households receiving remittances
is
higher
among
households
that
are
headed
by
female.
While the findings of the UNDP report for 2012, show a growing trend of remittances received by female households. In this report are presented in percentage remittances received by employed and unemployed women, where a worrying fact remains the number of women not seeking employment even though in the past years the number of female job seekers has increased. Figure 2. Percentage of employed household heads, by gender and receipt of remittances
Figure 3. Percentage of unemployed household heads, by gender and receipt of remittances
Source: KRS UNDP, 2012
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