This guide is another attempt of Gender Alliance Development Center in the framework of gender integration in education, which is known worldwide as an important indicator of social and economic development of a society. This publication has acknowledged and addressed gender equity principles in meeting the needs of both girls and boys in the elementary and secondary education.

It aims to analyze and to present to the reader through current literature review and empirical data the separation of both spheres for girls and boys, women and men in today’s Albanian households. This study in itself is not meant to be a guide of recommendations to be taken in order to improve the situation, but more of a guide that presents the current situation and analyses its components.
Research findings for the Albanian case show that in our households the main workload is still carried by women regardless of their participation in the public sphere. It is very important to accentuate that the balance work-family is not a private matter and cannot be considered as such, for it influences the wellbeing of the family as the primary unit of social structure, and the society as a whole.

Women’s rights in the labor market, as one of the main fundamental human rights, have drawn the attention of the GADC for a long time.
This right was previously seen in the different aspects of the private life. Now it is presented through a serious study “Women’s Labor Rights in Albania” which covers all the legal aspects and the institutional mechanisms on the implementation of this right. At the same time there are some indicators that illustrate the position of women in the public and private markets and their formalization in relation to the application of these rights.   
The experts that conducted this study,  Mrs. Elida Metaj,  Mrs. Ani Plaku and Mr. Admir Duraj presented concrete data on the implementation of the women’s rights in the Albanian and European Union labor market, by underlying the fact that the proposed conclusions and recommendations by this study might be a direct attempt of the civil society to influence on the compilation of the labor policies so that they resist time and all the political, economical and cultural changes that might occur in Albania. 
This publication is the first important step in this direction. It answers many questions that we have often asked ourselves, and we believe we are not the only ones to raise these issues. Hence, we hope that this publication will help you to gain better insight into issues that are related to equality between women and men in the labor market, provide support for arguments you use and help to promote further women’s rights and social inclusion in the Albanian society. Moreover, we will be grateful for any feedback from you; we will be using it in our gender-equality-related work and activities.

To be a woman... In Albania, after 1990
This publication aims at involving Albanian scholars and gender experts, who live and work both in Albania and abroad. In this way, this publication aims at filling a consistent gap: the lack of literature and academic debates on the way that the social movements as well as transition time have had an impact on the status of women and gender issues in Albania. The papers also have a comparative nature, regarding the status of Albanian women with women in other countries in the region and Western countries. At the same time, it also presents a comparative approach with the status of women before the ’90-ies in Albania. The articles cover different research areas, such as: the Albanian family in transition, public policies in Albania, representation of gender issues in the written and electronic media in Albania, and gender and citizenship issues.

Gender analysis of elementary school textbooks
Funded by Kvinna till Kvinna and published in Albanian language in September 2005 and in English language in December 2005. The study focuses on elementary school textbooks, stemming from the accepted fact that: education in the first years of schooling is very important in children’s lives. This period is the time when children learn about themselves, others, and the world around them; that is when they begin to give form to relations with themselves and others. Identifying the way in which gender roles are presented, how issues related to gender and gender identity in elementary school textbooks, how gender is conveyed on a daily basis to children, is the coherent subject of the study. The research tries to reach some conclusions and, based on those, make some suggestions regarding gender and gender identity, as well as the gender perspective in elementary school textbooks.

Funded by NWP (Network Women’s Program), New York and published in December
2005. Monitoring of the media was one of the main publications of Gender Alliance for
Development Center and focused on women’s coverage in the broadcast media. This time, considering the importance attached to the July 3rd elections, we thought that observing the electronic media’s presentation of candidates for members of parliament in general and of women candidates in particular, would be very interesting. The monitoring
analyzed the presentation of candidates for members of parliament and achieved several conclusions and made recommendations on the role of the media during an electoral campaign.

In Albania (January – December 2003) Funded by the Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Embassy (September 2004) In brief, the sensitivity of the media toward gender issues is a qualitative and analysis and critique, which focuses on the way in which women and girls are depicted in the print media. The analysis touches upon three aspects: themes addressed in the print media, the standpoint, and the level of analysis. The purpose of the publication is to convey the importance that critical and all-encompassive analyses of social problems in the print media, and as part of it, the avoidance of gender stereotypes, have. The particularity of this publication is the introduction of some of the elements that positive models in the print media should contain, including: an analysis of the history of the problem, the introduction of different perspectives, the treatment with dignity of individuals through the language and the images used, etc.