VIOLENCE�AGAINST�WOMEN�– NO�LONGER�A�FAMILY�ISSUE

A�JWID�supported�project

Project�components

In�December�2006�Albania�passed�the�Law�on�Measures�against�Violence�in�Family�Relations

The�law�entered�into�force�on�June�1st,�2007

Project�duration:�October�2006�–December�2010

1.�Policy�review�for�protective�legal�and�social�environment

2.�Law�enforcement�and�relief�services�

through�community�coordination

3.�Raising�awareness�for�changing�attitude

1.�Policy�review�for�protective�legal�and�social�environment1.�The�project�helped�with�the�formulation�of�the�first�National�Strategy�on�Gender�Equality�and�Domestic�Violence�(2007�2010)2.�VAW�Project�helped�GoA�to�develop�the�secondary�legislation�on�the�basis�and�for�the�implementation�of�the�DV�Law3.�Lobbied�for�and�supported�the�creation�of�a�core�unit/section�at�the�MOLSAEO�to�deal�with�DV�issues�

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�10�14�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�gender�based�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�inter�disciplinary�collaboration�

2.�Law�enforcement�and�relief�services�through�community�coordination

National�Survey�on�Domestic�ViolenceProf.�Milika�Dhamo,�leader�of�the�team�involved�in�designing�the�questionnaire�and�conducting�the�Survey�discusses�the�findings�with�a�group�of��experts

Health�workers�training�sessions�on�gender�based�and�domestic�violenceTirana�maternity�nurses��discuss��the�protocols�of�domestic�violence

Police�training�sessions

Police�training�sessionsUNDP�representative,�Entela�Lako�and�Deputy�General�Director�of�the�State�Police�distribute�certificates�of�attendance��to�police�members�of�Tirana�and�Durres�regions

Police�training�sessionsWomen�police�members�are�a�driving�force�for�improved�police�response�to�domestic�violence�calls

Community�Coordination�workshopsMOLSAEO�representatives�and�Berat�region�professionals�discuss�on�the�coordinated�implementation�of�DV�law

Community�coordination�workshopsTrainer��explaining�myths�and�facts�of�domestic�violence�to�Elbasan�community�members

Community�workshopsKukes�community�members�attending�DV�workshops

Magistrates�training�sessionsProf.�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��

Magistrates�training�sessionsHead�of�Korça�court�of�Appeals�discusses�legal�technical�issues�over�interpretation�of�the�DV�law�with�the�trainers

Awareness�raising�activities1.�Education�and�awareness��campaign�with�school�pupils�of�Kukes,�Dibra,�Bulqiza,�Burrel,�Berat,�Kuçova,�Skrapar,�Gjirokastra,�Tepelena and�Permet2.Anti�violence�days�in�universities�with�high�UN�and�Albania�representatives3.�Training�sessions�with�journalists4.�Exhibition�of�young�painters�on�the�VAW�topic5.�Celebratory�concert�on�the�8th of�March�20086.�Concluding�national�conference�on�Domestic�Violence�on�9�December�20087.�Advocacy�tools

Awareness�activities�in�schools

Workshops�with�pupils�of�GjirokastraBoys�and�girls�were�presented�with�the�cause�of�domestic�violence�and�were�informed�of�their�rights�pursuant�to�the�DV�legislation

Young�painters�of�“Jordan�Misja”�art�schoolUN�Resident�Coordinator�and�UNDP�Resident�Representative�received�the�young�painters�who�prepared�the�exhibition�on�VAW�during�the�16�days�of�activism�2006�

Young�painters�of�“Jordan�Misja”�art�schoolThe�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

8th of�March�celebratory�concertPM�Berisha�announcing�his�government�support�to�introduction�of�30%�quota�of�representation�for�women�into�Albanian�gender�equality�and�electoral�leigislation

Anti�VAW�days�in�Korçauniversity

Two�newspaper�supplements

TV�spots�against�Domestic�Violence

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