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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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Promoting women’s leadership and participation in the next political elections is key for Albania
The May 11, 2025, elections are a key moment to strengthen democracy and build on Albania’s progress in women’s political leadership. While the country ranks 44th globally for women in Parliament, sustaining these gains requires ongoing efforts to ensure participation and prevent setbacks.
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The Central Election Commission and UN Women Albania send a powerful message to all Albanian women: Politics is yours! Women and girls are essential to decision-making, and now is the time for them to get involved, shaping a future with greater representation and equality. This video calls on women and girls to join the change and contribute to the progress of society.