Fabiola Laço - Egro (born 1963) is one of the prominent

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Life and career

Born to an intellectual family in

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, she had opportunities to embrace the

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ideas, which extended throughout her career in civil society on

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

and

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. Since a master student of literature and

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, and

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as a language, she started her activism acting as National Albanian Radio's spokeswoman of news in Romanian language, and then as editor of poetry, drama criticism in the National Publishing House "Naim Frasheri." In the first years of Albanian

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characterized by rapid changes in society and advancement of human rights activists, Fabiola Laço Egro as a spokeswoman of Independent Trade Unions of Albania emphasized and worked for women's rights, focusing on

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s and challenges, human rights, social and economic issues of women,

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and contributed to give voice to expectations and hopes of an entire generation and

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to women. Under her auspices started during the first years of democracy the international aid for women's movement and marginalized and poor society groups from church-based organizations such as Brot für die Welt

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(previously EED), HEKS EPER

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and ICCO

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. Following her vision, she co-founded and directed during the first four years the Association of Young Christian Women Albania (YWCA Albania) and represented it in the International Young Christian Women Network, by raising women's movement in Albania at the international level; co-founded and directed for 23 years the association Useful to Albanian Women; and already is the founder and executive director of the Community Development Network "Today for the Future" She is director of Albanian National Gender Equality Anthe
"Bring the sun"
with support of

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in Albania, produced by "Today for the Future" Network, which with the outstanding campaign for gender equality ranked Albania in the list of 20 global finalists for the third annual Avon Communications Awards: Speaking Out About Violence Against Women, which recognize outstanding communications campaigns that are helping change communities, policies, institutions and behaviors to end violence against women.

Publications

Unemployment Situation in Ex-Swamp Area of

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, Albania, Publication in Albanian, co-author Monitoring and Assessing the public services on waste management in Ex-Swamp Area of Durrës, Albania, Publication in Albanian, co-author SEED Best Practices in Albania, Publication in

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, co-author

References

External links

Cdc-tff.orgBrot-fuer-die-welt.de
(page 13)
https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/winners-of-the-2014-avon-communications-awards-announced/
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