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Intimate partner violence against women is an essential factor in the determination of child custody, say women’s rights experts

The Platform of undersigned United Nations and regional independent mechanisms on violence against women and women’s rights1 voiced its concern over patterns across various jurisdictions of the world that ignore intimate partner violence against women in determining child custody cases. These patterns reveal underlying discriminatory gender bias and harmful gender stereotypes against women. Ignoring intimate …

2018 Public Perceptions of Gender Equality and Violence Against Women in the Western Balkans and Turkey

The “2018 Public Perceptions of Gender Equality and Violence against Women” infosheets present the key findings of a baseline survey conducted in selected communities of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (Under UNSCR 1244), North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey. Click here to find the article!

The Benefits and Challenges of Women’s Networks in the Western Balkans and Turkey.

This comparative report is prepared on behalf of the UN Women Project ‘Support the establishment and strengthening of regional platforms of civil society organisations (with a special focus on organisations representing women from minority and disadvantaged groups) to advocate for the development and implementation of laws and policies in line with CEDAW and the Istanbul …

MAPPING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN LINE WITH THE ISTANBUL CONVENTION STANDARDS

A mapping methodology and tools were developed within the framework of the Council of Europe multi-country Project “Violence against Women” which focused on increasing the knowledge of professionals and facilitating exchanges and promising practices in the implementation of international and European standards, in particular the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against …

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN ALBANIA

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STATEMENT UPR, Pre-session on Albania, Geneva, 04.04.2019

This Statement is delivered on behalf of the MONITORING NETWORK AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, established in 2017 by 48 Albanian NGOs and their networks specializing in human rights and women rights. This is the first participation of the Network at the UPR ‘processes. Click here to find the report!

UPR Albanian Report

Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Click here to find the report!

Wave step up campaign

For the first time, The Center for Legal Civic Initiatives is officially the new “WAVE Step Up! Campaign” campaigning organization from Albania! Click here to find the letter!

Shadow Follow up report

This report consists in implementing the recommendations of the CEDAW Committee included in the paragraphs 13 (b) and (d) and 23 (a) and (d), within two years, after the 64the sessions, held in Geneva on July 2016. This report is based on the information provided through the completion of questionnaires by some member organizations of …

Suggestions

Reflection on the taking into account of the suggestions of the Monitoring Network’s member organizations regarding the sub-legal acts of the Law Against Domestic Violence. Click here to find the report!