How Much Does Protection Cost? Costing Services Provided by the Albanian Women’s Empowerment Network for Addressing Gender- based Violence in Albania

The Albania Women’s Empowerment Network (AWEN) and Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN) have assessed the costs of CSOs’ services to address gender- based violence to inform Government budget allocations. This paper outlines AWEN members’ costs for providing emergency support, shelter, legal aid, and reintegration services, as among the main providers of such services in Albania.

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.