2. Project components
In December 2006
Albania passed the Law
on Measures against
Violence in Family
Relations
2. Law
The law entered into 1. Policy review enforcement and 3. Raising
force on June 1st, 2007 for protective relief services awareness for
legal and social through changing
environment community attitude
Project duration: coordination
October 2006 –
December 2010
3. 1. Policy review for protective
legal and social environment
1. The project helped
with the formulation of
the first National
Strategy on Gender
Equality and Domestic
Violence (2007Ǧ2010)
2. VAW Project helped
GoA to develop the
secondary legislation on
the basis and for the
implementation of the
DV Law
3. Lobbied for and
supported the creation
of a core unit/section at
the MOLSAEO to deal
with DV issues
4. 2. Law enforcement and relief
services through community
coordination
1. Conducted the first, baseline survey on prevalence and incidence of
domestic violence against women and children – 56% of women have
experienced some form of violence in family relationships; 57.7% of
children from 10Ǧ14 years old report being physically abused.
2. Trained 140 police members, 400 health workers and 110 judges and
prosecutors on the implementation of the DV law
3. Developed a manual for police and another for health workers in
handling domestic and genderǦbased violence cases
4. Organised 12 community coordination workshops for 300 officials and
representatives of local authorities, where the DV law was explained and
participants brainstormed on how to build interǦdisciplinary collaboration
5. National Survey on Domestic Violence
Prof. Milika Dhamo, leader of the team involved in designing the questionnaire and
conducting the Survey discusses the findings with a group of experts
6. Health workers training sessions on genderŞbased
and domestic violence
Tirana maternity nurses discuss the protocols of domestic violence
8. Police training sessions
UNDP representative, Entela Lako and Deputy General Director of the State Police
distribute certificates of attendance to police members of Tirana and Durres regions
9. Police training sessions
Women police members are a driving force for improved police response to domestic
violence calls
14. Magistrates training sessions
Prof. Aurela Anastas, first female member of Albanian Academy of Sciences, Constitutional
Law professor and Head of an NGO offering free legal assistance to women explains best
legal practices in addressing domestic violence to a group of judges and prosecutors
15. Magistrates training sessions
Head of Korça court of Appeals discusses legal technical issues over interpretation of the
DV law with the trainers
16. Awareness raising activities
1. Education and awareness
campaign with school pupils
of Kukes, Dibra, Bulqiza,
Burrel, Berat, Kuçova,
Skrapar, Gjirokastra,
Tepelena and Permet
2.AntiǦviolence days in
universities with high UN
and Albania representatives
3. Training sessions with
journalists
4. Exhibition of young
painters on the VAW topic
5. Celebratory concert on
the 8th of March 2008
6. Concluding national
conference on Domestic
Violence on 9 December
2008
7. Advocacy tools
18. Workshops with pupils of Gjirokastra
Boys and girls were presented with the cause of domestic violence and were informed of
their rights pursuant to the DV legislation
19. Young painters of “Jordan Misja” art school
UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative received the young painters
who prepared the exhibition on VAW during the 16 days of activism 2006
20. Young painters of “Jordan Misja” art school
The paintings with VAW topic were exhibited in the premises of Hotel Tirana International.
These paintings formed a moving exhibition that was installed in other activities during the
16 days of activism in other regions of Albania
21. 8th of March celebratory concert
PM Berisha announcing his government support to introduction of 30% quota of
representation for women into Albanian gender equality and electoral leigislation
