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Women in Albania are key drivers of social and economic progress, yet they remain underrepresented in political leadership. To bridge this gap, UN Women Albania, with support from the Swedish Government, trained over 130 women and girls across the country, equipping them with the skills and networks needed to step into leadership roles.
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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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10 September 2024 – UN Women in Albania organized in September a five-day Training of Trainers focused on women’s active participation in politics. 14 accomplished trainers were certified on political leadership and candidate training.
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Around 20 journalists and media experts joined the media forum on "Media and Violence Against Women in Politics and Elections" organized prior to Albania’s Local Elections taking place on the 14th of May, by UN Women and its partner organization "Together for Life". Participants in the event discussed the various challenges faced by women in politics and elections and the crucial role of the media in addressing them.
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A week-long events tackle gender discrimination in Albania with participants asking for equal representation in every space.
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Interview with Michele Ribotta, Head of the UN Gender Group and UN Women Representative in Albania
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On 24 February 2023, the Government of Albania and UN Women hosted a sub-regional consultation for the Western Balkans and Türkiye, in preparation for the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67). The consultation provided an opportunity to discuss the gender gap in digital access, women's underrepresentation in certain professions, women’s entrepreneurship, decision-making in the digital transformation, as well as online discrimination and violence in the region.
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FED Invest is amongst the latest private companies in Albania signing the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). FED Invest, a financial services company, joined the group of private sector partners that are now formally promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace, and community.
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More than ninety women and girls from four regions of Albania participated in a fair event organized by UN Women and supported by the Albanian Network for Rural Development. They discussed the challenges faced by women in the agri-food sector in the presence of representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and Municipality of Elbasan officials.
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Earlier this year, young Albanian activists got together and developed a “Call to youth-driven and gender responsive climate and environmental action in Albania,” with the support of UN Women Albania, the Tirana European Youth Capital and the Resource Environmental Centre (REC) Albania.
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It will serve as a manifesto and will be circulated amongst institutions to push the climate and environmental justice agenda in Albania.
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UN Women, in collaboration with the Municipality of Tirana and the OSCE Presence in Albania, organized a Youth Forum on Gender Equality, Climate Change and the Environment, in the context of celebrating Tirana as the 2022 European Youth Capital.
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A joint position paper by United Nations in Albania identifying four key areas and strategies to accelerate gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the country.
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Building back better from COVID-19 needs investment in feminist, grass-roots leadership. Yet, direct funding to women’s organizations accounts for less than one per cent of the global official development assistance provided for gender equality. In six stories, learn about the critical support that grass-roots women leaders and their organizations bring to their communities.
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In this new intergenerational series for the Generation Equality campaign, young people take the lead to shape the conversations. Ilvana Dedja, a 22-year-old human rights activist, is talking with Vasilika Hysi, Deputy Speaker of Parliament in Albania.
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For the first time in Albania civil society organizations can apply for the status of social enterprises.
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Global Goals Week in Albania brought together students, youth, local governments, civil society and businesses to raise awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to build partnerships to drive concrete action for achieving the new 2030 sustainable development agenda.