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Seminar Report Finds Albanian Minority Women Face Double Discrimination

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 8:00 AM

Minority Rights Group reports that a seminar in Tirana, Albania found that women in Albania and those in majority of South-East Europe are vulnerable because of povery, exclusion and "double-discrimination" (sic). (Cited from: "'Double-discrimination' leaves Albania's minority women vulnerable." Minority Rights. 2 June 2004.) The seminar addressed a number of issues including povery, trafficking, domestic violence and political exclusion. In addition to the burdens faced by many women such as exclusion and poverty, minority women in South-East Europe also face multiple discrimination based on ethnicity, religion or linguistic differences. Trafficking in women is an especially urgent issue for minorities in the region because many victims come from minority groups. A report entitled "Gender and Minority Issues in Albania: Awareness-Raising Regional Seminar (Tirana, 12–13 September 2003)" was published with the findings of the seminar.

Compiled from: "'Double-discrimination' leaves Albania's minority women vulnerable." Minority Rights. 2 June 2004.

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