More women in targeted groups have become more economically empowered

"Protection and promotion of the rights of women and girls in Albania"

Implementation period: January 2019 - December 2022

Supported by: Sida - Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency

This program has had three main components: (a) advocacy and lobbying at the national and international level for the protection and promotion of women's rights; (b) institutional development/organizational strengthening of AWEN and its members; (c) providing support to AWEN members in order to provide specialized services, organize sensitization and advocacy initiatives, as well as build capacities to protect and improve women's rights.

Through this intervention it has been achieved:

• Improvement and implementation of policies and legal framework by law enforcers for the protection and promotion of women's rights.
• 9 member organizations of AWEN have been supported with tailored interventions for capacity building.
• The provision of specialized support services and the implementation of sensitization and advocacy initiatives.
• 41 small-scale emergency advocacy interventions implemented by non-member organizations

"Supporting municipalities in analyzing and adopting new models/schemes for the socio-economic integration of survivors of domestic violence and gender-based violence"

Implementation period: June 2020-December 2021

Supported by: UN Women

Through this intervention it has been achieved:

Greater capacities of municipalities in the treatment of survivors of domestic violence and gender-based violence, evidenced through the drafting of (4) socio-economic integration plans and the training of (80) local actors about the development and implementation of the plans socio-economic integration.
Improving access to services for survivors of violence in the municipalities of Durrës, Elbasan, Shkodra and Vlora, evidenced through the cases treated.

"Protection and promotion of women's rights in Albania"

Implementation period: January 2016 - December 2018

Supported by: Sida - Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency

This program aimed to improve the position and situation of women in relation to their rights in Albania, through financial support for AWEN member organizations.