The blood revenge is an old painful patriarchal phenomenon which still exists in the Albanian society as a means to establish self justice according to Kanun(law)
This project will support women and girls from families in blood revenge to overcome their traumatic experiences by providing them psycho social assistance , vocational trainings in cooking sewing and computer to empower them to be active part in family and society
What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Tirana and its suburbs, North and North eastern part of Albania
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
This project will raise the voice of the whole society against blood revenge and especially the voice of women from families in blood revenge , bear the whole burden of the family and and are living every day with fear for the life of their husbands and sons who are isolated at home . Some painful stories of the phenomenon will be transmitted by digital videos and digital pictures for a wider audience.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
Partnership who contribute to the success of the project are : Committee for National reconciliation,community volunteers , activists from the community like self help groups of women and girls, students , police, court, local power authorities . This network will contribute to a wider awareness against this phenomenon by giving priority to the law as the only way to solve conflicts instead of self justice.
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
There will be trained about 450 participants who include, activists from the community like self help groups of women and students , volunteers from the community, participants from police , court , local power authorities.
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
To successfully reach the objectives of the project we need a Toyota car to move to several areas of the implementation of the project which are in the suburbs where infrastructure is lacking and can not be reached by a normal.
Contact name
Neta Lohja 00355 673134272
