Tirana, 25 November 2021 – In the framework of the implementation of the project “Promoting gender equality and ending violence against girls and young women in Albania”, CRCA / ECPAT Albania joins the United Nations campaign, “Orange the World. END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, NOW!”. This campaign, which will be carried out in 16 days of activism against gender-based violence against girls and women, takes place every year. The campaign starts on November 25, which also marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and closes on December 10, Human Rights Day.
In this context, CRCA / ECPAT Albania, will organize a series of campaigns at the local level on awareness and empowerment of girls and women, victims of gender-based violence. During these days CRCA / ECPAT Albania will be in the Municipality of Devoll, where it will discuss with girls and women on gender-based violence/domestic violence and educating the public on what individuals, communities, victims and organizations can do to raise awareness about violence against women and girls especially during COVID-19 pandemic situation.
CRCA / ECPAT will also hold informative sessions with high school students in this municipality about girls and women and ways to report violence or even raise their voices for victims of gender-based violence. As part of this project that CRCA has embraced, it will also engage its youth ambassadors in many initiatives that will promote the fight against violence against girls and women in our country. A special focus will be given to the situation during and after the pandemic, to prepare a professional response to the escalation of forms of violence that is appearing recently in Albania.
The United Nations Secretary-General’s ” Orange World ” initiative was conceived by activists who attended the first edition of the World Women’s Leadership Institute in 1991, and this year marks its 30th anniversary. Since 1991, over 6,000 organizations in 187 countries around the world have participated in the campaign, covering 300 million people. According to the latest estimates, approximately 1 in 3 women aged 15 and over worldwide have been subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner, non-partner, or both, at least once in their lifetime.
These activities are organized in the context of the implementation of the CRCA / ECPAT initiative “Promoting gender equality and ending violence against girls and young women in Albania”, which is supported by UNDP Albania in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, as part of the United Nations Joint Program “End Violence Against Women in Albania”, funded by the Government of Sweden.