Protecting Women’s Rights in the Labor Market: Meeting with Employees of Garment and Footwear Prodution Factories in Shkodra

27.5.2024

On May 27, 2024, Gender Alliance for Development Center organized a special meeting with women employed in the garment and footwear production sector in the city of Shkodra. The main topic of the meeting was "Protecting women’s rights in the labor market."

During the meeting, we raised the problems faced by women workers in the sector in their daily job, and discussed about workplace rights and safety, tackling such issues as diseases, provisions for pregnant women, night shift, motherhood, childcare, parental leave, working hours, work in shifts, weekly working hours and days off.

An important aspect of the discussion was decent wages. It is time to give equal importance to the payment these women receive for their work. A special focus of the discussion was the organization and cooperation among women workers in the sector. Only by joining our voices and using strong arguments can we change this situation. Let us create a society where gender rights are respected and wages are fair.