Projects

Project “Lobbying and advocacy for women‘ empowerment issues“, November 2015 – December 2016

This project aimed to address the above mentioned needs by focusing on EU advocacy initiatives for women human rights, in line with EU guidelines and policy.

This has been achieved by addressing the lack of information on EU role in enhancing gender equality in Albania through public information on adopted EU policy and legislation on women human rights; public awareness raising on the key importance of the EU role in the country’s development and women human rights advancement in Albania; and advocating with EU entities, as well as with governmental structures on the advancement of women human rights as per EU policy requirements.

In addition, the project aimed at enhancing the role of the Albanian Women Empowerment Network (A WEN) to become one of the key stakeholders in EU advocacy initiatives for women human rights in Albania.

3 Year Programme “Protection and Promotion of women rights“ supported by Sida, January 2016 – December 2018

This project is being implemented in collaboration with all AWEN network member organizations all over Albania and is divided in three components:

Lobbying and advocacy to national and local governments to increasingly promoting and protecting women’s rights
AWEN members will be enabled to carry out projects and initiatives for the protection of women rights through financial support and technical assistance
AWEN members will be provided with capacity building to contribute to the promotion and protection of women human rights.

Project “Protection and Promotion of women rights“ supported by Sida, May – November 2015.

This project aimed at establishment and revision on AWEN procedures and systems(as Monitoring and Evaluation, Grant scheme and procedures, Manual of Grants, Manual of Policies and Porocedures, etc

Projekti “Mbrojtja dhe Promovimi i të Drejtave të Grave nëpërmjet ndërhyrjeve në 7 rrethe të Shqipërisë”, i financuar nga Ambasada Amerikane në Tiranë, Shtator 2014 – Korrik 2015.

Ky projekt synonte një ndërhyrje të plotë në nivel vendor për të kontribuar në çështjen e dhunës në familje nëpërmjet: monitorimit të plotë të rasteve të dhunës në familje të shqyrtuara nga gjykatat e qarkut në shtatë rajone; informim dhe realizim i aktivitete ndërgjegjësuese në këto rajone. Anëtaret e rrjetit AWEN kanё realizuar aktivitetet e projektit në nivel vendor; tre organizata/grupe janë përzgjedhur në Shkodër, Dibër dhe Sarandë për të marrë pjesë në një program pёr ngritjen e kapaciteteve.

Projekti “Fuqizimi i Rrjetit AWEN, fuqizimi i lëvizjes së grave në Shqipëri dhe promovimi i të drejtave të grave”, financuar nga Kvinna till Kvinna, Janar – Tetor 2014.

Fokusi i këtij projekti është forcimi dhe fuqizimi i rrjetit nëpërmjet një bashkëpunimi tё gjerë, mes vetё rrjetit dhe anëtareve tё saj; Ngritja e kapaciteteve përmes organizimit të një vizite studimore për të gjitha anëtaret e rrjetit; zhvillimi i planit strategjik të AWEN 2015-2018, etj.

Projekti “Fuqizimi i grave pёr pjesëmarrje në vendimmarrje dhe jetën politike në tetë rrethe të ndryshme të Shqipërisë, si ndryshim kyç për një zhvillim demokratik”, i mbështetur nga Fondi i Grave të Mesdheut, Janar-Qershor 2013.

Ky projekt shënon një rezultat të rëndësishëm së bashku me kontributin e rrjetit per avokim dhe lobim, për pjesëmarrje të shtuar të grave në vendimmarrje dhe politikë. Fondi i Grave tё Mesdheut është i pari nga donatorët, përveç Kvinna Till Kvinna.

Project “Empowerment of AWEN to promote women’s rights in Albania”, funded by Kvinna till Kvinna, implemented in the period January-December 2013.

The focus of this project was: Increased visibility and reliability of AWEN at national and regional level through network meetings; cooperation between member organizations themselves, as well as between members and AWEN has significantly increased; network has expanded with a new member organization; in addition to Kvinna till Kvinna, AWEN has collaborated with three other donors this year: UN Women, the Agency for Support of Civil Society (ASCS) and the Mediterranean Women Fund.

Project “Empowerment of AWEN Network to promote women’s rights in Albania”, funded by Kvinna till Kvinna, January-December 2012.

AWEN has become more visible to the national and international opinion. The number of meetings and participation in various activities with donors, governmental structures, international organizations and various activities contributed to the increased visibility of AWEN. During project implementation in the current year, AWEN has managed to increase partnerships between networks, coalitions and organizing women in the country and the region. Some examples that indicate the increased visibility and also the increased partnerships between AWEN and different parties are: AWEN’s protest in cooperation with organizations and other partners in November in the framework of the 16-day-nonviolence campaign; AWEN had a coordinating role for Albania at the Freja Forum organized in April 2012 in Istanbul; AWEN was one of the main actors of the ad hoc coalition for the electoral reform in Albania and the revision of the Electoral Code.

Project: “Creation of AWEN network, promotion of women’s rights in Albania”, funded by the Swedish Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, January-December 2011.

Through this project AWEN’s structure was created and completed with necessary staff and experts; legal registration of network was done in the Court. To achieve the latter several network meetings were organized and was prepared all the necessary documentation: statute of the association, the regulation, application for registration, etc. Today the network has its staff and office that directly influence the strengthening of the network. AWEN became a visible network; AWEN has functioned as a watch-dog for the rights of women in Albania through monitoring of the progress report on CEDAW; AWEN members in cooperation with the experts have prepared a monitoring report on the implementation of CEDAW in Albania.