Delina Fico is an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n civil society activist whose work primarily focuses on subjects of advocacy, gender issues, LGBTQ advocacy, community development, and public education. Fico's work has sought to form Non-governmental organization networks (NGOs) and increase cooperation between women's rights groups.

Advocacy work

Delina Fico has served on the Board of the Shelter for LGBTI Persons, the Network of East West Women (NEWW), Open Society Foundation for Albania, Kosova Women's Network, led the Women's Economic and Political Empowerment Program, and is the current Director of Civil Society Programs at East West Management Institute Inc.

Women's rights

Fico's work has centered on women rights and efforts to establish networks between women's rights NGOs. According to Fico,

Post-Soviet The post-Soviet states, also known as the former Soviet Union (FSU), the former Soviet Republics and in Russia as the near abroad (russian: links=no, ближнее зарубежье, blizhneye zarubezhye), are the 15 sovereign states that wer ...

women's organizations have been "hesitant" to unify under umbrella organizations, citing previous attempts by of Albania's Gender in Development organization in 1994. Fico is a proponent of

Caroline Moser Caroline Olivia Nonesi Moser is an academic specializing in social policy and urban social anthropology. She is primarily known for her field-based approach to research on the informal sector generally - but particularly aspects such as poverty, vi ...

's Gender and Planning Framework, and has worked to implement a similar framework in Albanian law.

Personal life

Fico was formerly engaged to Albanian Socialist President and current

Albanian Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Albania ( sq, Kryeministri i Shqipërisë), officially styled Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania ( sq, Kryeministri i Republikës së Shqipërisë), is the head of government of the Republic of Albania and the mos ...

Edi Rama Edi Rama (born Edvin Kristaq Rama, 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, painter, writer, former university lecturer, publicist and former basketball player, who has served as the 33rd and current Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 and chairm ...

. She is currently married to Albanian politician

Bledar Çuçi Bledar "Bledi" Çuçi (born 14 November 1970) is an Albanian politician. From January 2019 until December 2020 he served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the second cabinet of Edi Rama. On 16 December 2020, he was chosen by ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fico, Delina Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Albanian women's rights activists Spouses of Albanian politicians Albanian women activists Albanian LGBT rights activists Education advocacy groups Education activists 21st-century Albanian women politicians 21st-century Albanian politicians