Women in Albania face challenges when it comes to gender equality due to the country’s strong inter-generational patriarchal system. However, through legislation beginning in the late 1990s, the Albanian government is working to ensure gender equality and empowerment of women in the country’s political, economic, social, and civic domains.
The Albanian Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth have implemented affirmative action and gender mainstreaming strategies in an effort to promote gender equality in sport. Football, basketball, and volleyball are the most popular sports for women and girls in Albania. The national women’s football team was formed in 2011 and ranked 59th in the FIFA World Ranking in 2013.
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Denisa Bishqemi
HOW DOES ALBANIA COMPARE TO OTHER COUNTRIES?
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Women in Leadership
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT AS OF 2020
29%
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN MINISTRY POSITIONS AS OF 2020
47%
Has a Woman Ever Been Head of State or Head of Government?
No
HAS A WOMAN EVER BEEN SPORTS MINISTER?
Mirela Karabina, 2017
Lindita Nikolla, 2017-2019
Besa Shahini, 2019-2020
Evis Kushi, 2020- present
Title IX Timeline
1912
Albania declared independence from the Ottoman Empire on November 28th.
1945
Women gained the right to vote (full suffrage).
1972
Afërdita Tusha became the first woman to represent Albania in the Olympics.
1993
Albania signed and ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
2018
Albania signed the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, affirming that peace and security efforts are more sustainable when women are equal partners in the prevention of violent conflict, the delivery of relief and recovery efforts and in the forging of lasting peace.
Women in the olympics
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Women in the Paralympics
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Elite Sports Participation
First Year Women Participated In The Olympics
1972
Year Women’s Participation In Olympics Was Equal To Men’s
1996
First Time A Woman Won An Olympic Medal
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First Year Women Participated In The Paralympics
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Year Women’s Participation In Paralympics Was Equal To Men’s
N/A
First Time A Woman Won A Paralympic Medal
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FIFA
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
National Women’s Team?
Yes
First Year Of Play
2011
Pay Gap Comparison
Pay Unknown
Gender Initiatives
FIFA is committed to the growth and development of women’s football around the globe.
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FIBA
Fédération Internationale de Basketball
National Women’s Team?
Yes
First Year Of Play
1996
Pay Gap Comparison
Pay Unknown
Gender Initiatives
FIBA’s Her World, Her Rules project and social media campaign aims to promote women’s and girls’ participation in basketball throughout Europe.
Increasing the participation of women in basketball at all levels was named as one of FIBA’s eight strategic objectives (2019- 2027) and one of FIBA’s three strategic priorities (2019-2023).
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LOCAL
Sports
Initiatives
Major Regional Or Country Sport Initiatives
All In: Towards Gender Balance in Sport, a project sponsored by the European Union, collected data to measure gender equality in sport in Albania.
Community Organizations That Have Signed The Brighton + Helsinki Declaration
Albania Olympic Committee
Albania Athletics Federation Albania Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport
