Female Entrepreneurship in Republic of Albania

Abstract

The social – economical development of a democratic country is based on an active civil society, where the ability of individuals, both man and women can be developed on equal level. Traditionally, in Albania, women have participated in the economical and social life and have reached high levels of educations but currently their status is very controversial.

The official information to be used for a valid assessment of women participation in businesses is insufficient and can be obtained by the National Institute of Statistics. In other institutions there is not much information regarding the gender specification. For this reason in this presentation, I am referred to studies on women in business of two women associations, respectively the Women’s Centre and the Association of Business and Professional Women.