TIRANA, Oct 5 /ATA/ Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Anila Denaj, expressed her commitment to support every initiative and mechanism that advances gender equality and in particular women in rural areas.
Minister Denaj participated in the online meeting with the WB board on the gender strategy, which discussed how to sustain the path to gender equality and the steps to reduce gender gap and strengthen the role of women in society.
Denaj stated that Albania is committed to meeting the challenges of gender equality outlined in the National Gender Equality Strategy 2030, in line with EU directives and international conventions.
In her remarks, Denaj emphasized that the strategy for the next 10 years has been built on the work with the parliament and the structures of the special commissions.
“The legal acts create the possibility of support for the economic empowerment of women in the social aspect and in particular for education and training”, said the minister.
Also, she continued, access to finance for startups is a necessity to get women take initiatives to start and grow their businesses.
“In today’s meeting, we agreed that it is needed a joint strategy and dialogue between the public and private sectors as well as a more active involvement of men,” said Denaj.
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