Fabiola Laco Egro

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

Life and career

Born in intellectual family in Tirana, she had opportunities to embrace the feminist ideas, which extended throughout her career in civil society on women's rights and empowerment.

Since a master student of literature and journalism, and Romanian as specific 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".

Executive director of the Community Development Network "Today for the Future" peoject of Useful to Albanian Women in Durrës, aiming gender equality, integrity and strengthening social, economic, cultural and political situation of vulnerable groups such as women, youth and children and migratory groups, in the frame of Albanian society integration to the great European family.

Professional life will be enriched during this period with master in human rights in Boldern Academy - Switzerland, studies in social policies, European integration, civil society fundraising, advocacy, lobbying, management, leadership, strategic direction in the Netherlands, Georgia, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, UK and USA.

She is director of Albanian National Gender Equality Anthem "Bring the sun" (she is not) with support of United Nations Agencies 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.

In the recent years, she is in the front line for new approaches in professional education and employment of women and youth in need, partnering Volkshilfe Solidarität, and in rural and vulnerable community social service provision, partnering Caritas Österreich.

Among the most notable moments of 30 years of work:

Information for Albanian supporters in the world 1983–1987

Advocacy for promoting the contemporary Albanian literature 1987–1992

Advocacy for women's rights and economic and social empowerment through trade union 1993–1995

Advocacy and contribution to migratory families and community groups during the civil crisis in 1997

Advocacy, lobbying and contribution for the emergency aid to the Kosovo crisis in 1999

Advocacy and lobbying for prohibition of blood revenge and helping the isolated families in northern Albania 2000–2003

Co-founding of Useful to Albanian Women with a focus on right protection and social services for women, children, young people and vulnerable groups (migration, Roma and Egyptian) - 1993

Presidency of YWCA Albania and its registration in the World YWCA 1997–2000

Lobbying for economic empowerment of youth - Utica Rotary Club of the United States 2002

Board Member of Women Department at the Open Society Foundation for Albania 2000–2004

Founder and leader of Community Development Network "Today for the Future" 2013 (continuing) for community welfare services and economic, cultural integration and gender mainstreaming in Albania.

Civil society activist in advocating for improvement, implementation and monitoring of laws on measures against gender violence, trafficking, social services for women, children, youth, Roma and Egyptian communities, the elderly, territorial reform and education.

Member of the Coalition for the promotion of women and young people in politics,

Member of Platform for Promoting Women's Participation in Governance.

One of the Albanian representatives of NGO-s Forum and the Intergovernmental Group, Beijing +20, Geneva 2014

One of 9 nominated women from civil society for Albanian Woman of year 2014

References

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