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Founded by GMF – German Marshall Fund / Balkan Trust
Start Date: August 2004 Completion Date: April 2005
The situation of women’s participation in high level forums of Albanian political
| parties (2003) |
Members in % |
KPD (the highest forum of a political party) |
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Total in % |
Women in % |
Total |
Women |
Women in % |
| Socialist Party |
100 |
14 |
119 |
12 |
10.1 |
| Democratic Party |
100 |
15 |
121 |
21 |
17.3 |
| Social-Democrat Party |
100 |
13 |
99 |
14 |
14.1 |
| New Democracy Party |
100 |
16 |
131 |
13 |
9 |
| Republican Party |
100 |
9.5 |
25 |
3 |
12 |
| Human Rights Party |
100 |
35 |
65 |
8 |
12 |
The study (put a link with studies) provided information on the concrete social factors which create obstacles for women to take part in the public life of the region and provided recommendations for abolishing the obstacles for women’s self-realization and to approve the real quality of women and men. One hundred interviews were conducted from September-October 2004 with representatives of women from public administration, public sector, businesswomen, students, unemployed women and women involved in politics. Questions asked during the interviews focused on their participation in public and political life and the presence of women’s discrimination in Albanian society.
The gender audit consisted of several stages. These included:
- The preparation stage consisted of an analysis of the level of representation of women in local government,
- A study of the Albanian and international experience in gender democracy and conscious-forming at the societal level, and
- Meetings with local authorities, local elected officials and leaders of NGOs about the necessity and step by step plan of gender research to be conducted.
Copies of this publication are available at the URI Tirana office.
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