Lagja nr 2, Rruga "Sefer Efendi"
Durres
Albania
- Democracy and community development
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Gender
- Human rights
- Youth and education
Vision: Equality, Integration and Peace
Mission:
To protect women rights as a part of human rights
To increase the women public image as well as her presence in the politic and public life
To develop the alternatives and possibilities, aiming to strengthen the position of women in community.
Promoting gender equity in society and protection of women rights
Association for women with social problems has offered various services, consisting of community based services prioritizing training on increasing professional skills among women and youth, information, awareness, promotion and marketing of traditional products and enhancing development of small entrepreneurship.
In this context, the association has been strongly focused in promoting artisan and gastronomical products, as precious elements of tradition and culture.
The current projects implemented by AWSP are, as following:
I. Project “Social Centre for Women and Girls” financed by Kvinna Till Kvinna.
II. Project “The creation and the functioning of the legal – social clinical victims of domestic violence and groups in risk in Durres District” supported from AMSHC”
II. Project “Coaching 4 employment” supported by Swiss Contact.
AWSP aims to enlarge its services in region and provides multi disiplinary services not only in local level but also in the region.
The Association is part also of different networks and these ones serves as resouce for information, partners in joint initiatives and projects and possibilities for projects application. Being in an network have increased our inner profesional capacities serving better our target groups.
AWSP aims to work forward in joint projects in the region and enlarge it experience and profesional expertise.
AWSP is part of Anna Lindh Foundation network since 2007.