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Research Paper

The situation created from COVID 19 presented many challenges to the civil society organizations working on addressing gender-based violence in Albania. CSOs faced challenges in providing services for cases of GBV and DV and in managing the cases effectively. Even in a situation like this, most of them generated new tools aiming to reach the …

PREVENTING AND COMBATING SEXISM

Recalling that gender equality is central to the protection of human rights, the functioning of democracy and good governance, respect for the rule of law and the promotion of well-being for all, that it entails equal rights for women and men, girls and boys, as well as the same visibility, empowerment, responsibility and participation in …

This mapping was carried out as part of the EU/ 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 Convention,” under the EU/UN Women regional programme “Ending Violence against Women: Implementing norms, changing minds.” This programme aims to end gender-based discrimination and violence against women in the Western Balkans and Turkey and encompasses the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey

This mapping was carried out as part of the EU/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 …

REGIONAL REPORT on compliance with UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) relating to discrimination of Roma women in the area of healthcare, child marriages and offering support and protection to Roma women in cases of domestic violence

The regional report on compliance with CEDAW and the Istanbul Convention represents one of the activities in the project “Unifying the Voices for Ending Violence against Women” carried out by Bibija Roma Women’s Center and UN Women during the period from July 10th, 2018 to September 30th, 2019. The project is part of the EU/UN …