When Care Becomes a Bridge to Opportunity
In central Albania, Elbasan has transformed a former orphanage into a day care center helping vulnerable mothers rebuild their lives. Supported by UN Women and the European Union, the initiative turns gender equality policies into everyday change. Learn more
EXPO 2025 in Albania strengthens collaboration between women entrepreneurs and investors
Held for the third consecutive year in Albania, the EXPO has become a national hub for women’s entrepreneurship, linking local entrepreneurs with new markets and investors. Learn more
Handmade Hope - How Women Are Crafting Economic Independence
In Elbasan, women are reviving traditional crafts and local partnerships to turn gender equality into everyday progress, with support from UN Women and the European Union. Learn more
Gentiana Susaj, the human rights lawyer empowering women in Albania through martial arts
Gentiana Susaj, a human rights lawyer and Aikido black belt, empowers girls and women in Albania to build confidence and stand up for themselves through self-defense training. Learn more
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In Focus: Beijing+30 in Europe and Central Asia
In Focus: Beijing+30 in Europe and Central Asia

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.

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UN Women Albania Strategic Note 2022-2026 - Summary dorument cover
UN Women Albania Strategic Note 2022-2026

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.

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In focus: EXPO 2024
Women's Entrepreneurship EXPO 2024

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.

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Group photo of women entrepreneurs with the UN Women Albania team at the Expo Fair.
Women in business from Albania take center stage at the Women’s Entrepreneurship EXPO satellite event

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.

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Gertrude Mongella (left, standing at the podium), Secretary-General of the Conference, addresses the session on 04 September 1995.  Photo: UN Photo/Milton Grant
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at 30: How it transformed the fight against gender-based violence

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.

UN Women Marks 15 Years of Impact in Albania
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Photo: UN Women Albania

This milestone reflected over a decade of transformative work across sectors—strengthening women leadership and decision making, supporting their economic empowerment, ending violence against women, and leveraging public resources to foster equal opportunities among women and men, girls and boys. Since 2010, UN Women has worked with national and local institutions, civil society, youth, academia, media, and development partners to advance women’s rights in the country. More ►