Highlights
Generation Equality
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Women is launching a new campaign, “Generation Equality—Realizing women’s rights and an equal future”. The campaign demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women and girls, health-care services that respond to their needs, and their equal participation in political life and decision-making in all areas of life. More
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How gender-responsive budgeting is advancing gender equality in Albania
How have Albanians have benefited from gender-responsive budgeting by the central government in different sectors? More
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Violence against women and sexual harassment in urban spaces in Albania - Lack of reporting and information
Study shows that women and girls face many forms of harassment. More
Latest news
- Op-ed: Honouring Albanian Rural Women
- Regional forum puts forth solutions to end violence against women in the Western Balkans and Turkey
- Albania joins Global Goals Week by engaging youth and institutions on gender equality issues
- In the words of Fabiola Laco Egro: “Women need to take part and to voice their priorities in the budgeting process”
- Take Five: "We have come a long way in fighting gender-based violence, but the struggle continues"
Featured publication
Violence Against Women and Girls in Albania
This survey collects for the first time data in Albania on the nature and prevalence of other forms of violence: dating violence, non-partner violence, sexual harassment, stalking and brings forth findings on social norms.
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Women International Film Festival in Albania
The "Women International Film Festival” was organized in Tirana, Albania from 8-11 March 2019 to commemorate International Women’s Day. The festival, focused on "gender-based violence", organized by UN Women Albania in partnership with the Albanian National Center of Cinematography. The festival featured several documentaries, in addition to long and short movies by various international and national filmmakers, free and open to the public.