National Conference “Empowerment, Recovery, Reintegration: Strengthening Services for Victims of Gender-Based Violence”

On November 27, 2024, the national conference “Empowerment, Recovery, Reintegration: Strengthening Services for Victims of Gender-Based Violence” was held within the framework of the project “Institutionalizing Quality Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services for Violence Survivors II”, supported by the Austrian Development Agency. This conference was organized by the “Gender Alliance for Development” Center in cooperation with the Albanian Women’s Empowerment Network.

This conference brought together various actors and served to explore how the quality of rehabilitation and reintegration services for survivors of gender-based violence in our country can be improved.

The regional project “Institutionalization of Quality Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services for Victims of Violence II” is implemented by the “Gender Alliance for Development” Center and AWEN in Albania, with the financial support of the Austrian Development Agency.

Protection of criminal victims

During the last 6 months, AWEN has been defending 19 victims of criminal offenses in the District Courts. All cases have experienced crimes of gender-based violence against them and their family members.