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Training for teachers on Violence against Women
Type of Measure
Services > Police > Training
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Year
2008
Brief Description
Within the framework of the National Strategy on Gender Equality and Domestic Violence, the Ministry of Education and Science (MES), in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), carried out training for teachers in Tirana, Shkodra, Malësia e Madhe, Korça, Berat, Elbasan, and Fier. The teachers also organized meetings with parents to change the social and cultural behavior models of men and women, stereotypes, Kanun (chiefly against blood feud), traditional codes, prejudices and customary practices.
Source of Information
CEDAW/C/ALB/3 p. 27
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