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In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). The Beijing Declaration serves as a global policy framework and blueprint for achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls worldwide.
The Strategic Note offers an overview of the continued and upcoming initiatives that UN Women Albania in cooperation with partners aims to deliver for the period 2022-2026. It highlights key areas of contribution of the Country Office across UN Women’s triple mandate of UN Coordination, normative support and operational activities.
Launched in 2021, the Women’s Entrepreneurship EXPO is a unique partnership platform to promote women’s entrepreneurship ecosystem building in the Europe and Central Asia region. EXPO provides an interactive space for women entrepreneurs, investors and private sector representatives for collaboration, ideas generation, capacity building and business development.
More than 40 women entrepreneurs participated in the “Women’s Entrepreneurship EXPO 2024” satellite event, held for the second consecutive year in Tirana, Albania, on November 18-19, 2024.
For the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, learn how the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action transformed the agenda for ending violence against women and girls, and what that means today.
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International Women’s Day 2025 – For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment
This year’s theme calls for action that can unlock equal rights, power and opportunities for all and a feminist future where no one is left behind. Central to this vision is empowering the next generation—youth, particularly young women and adolescent girls—as catalysts for lasting change. More ►
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When dads are involved, families thrive! Kids grow up healthier, happier, and do better in school. Plus, dads feel more fulfilled, less stressed, and healthier, too. It’s time to move past old social norms and work together for families where fathers and mothers share the responsibilities and joys of raising the next generation. This video was prepared by “Gruaja tek Gruaja” NGO in Albania in partnership with UN Women Albania and Sweden in Albania, who are working with men to be present, engaged fathers and support women in their careers.