TIRANA, June 28/ATA/ The focus of the today’s forum “On gender equality”, organized by “Foreign Policy” was the Gender equality under the conditions of economic recovery after pandemic
The Albania’s Minister of Finance and Economy, Anila Denaj participated on Monday in this forum as a member of the Advisory Council on Gender and Development of the World Bank Group.
“We are currently in an advanced stage of finalizing an agreement with the World Bank and the French Development Agency to provide a loan for gender equality support policies, in order to improve women’s access to assets, increase women’s opportunities in the labor market and strengthening institutional measures related to gender information policies,” Minister Denaj said.
Albania is the only country in the Balkans that has included gender budgeting in the organic budget law. By 2023 the number of support programs in this aspect is projected to reach 43, up from 9 in 2015. //a.i/
