Union of Albanian Women
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Union of Albanian Women was an important mass organization in socialist Albania. The union was headed in 1990 by Lumturie Rexha, a member of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania. Its tasks mobilizing the political and social activities of the country's women, handling their ideological training, and leading the campaign for the emancipation of women. This campaign, initiated in 1966 by Hoxha
, had considerable success in securing equal social and political rights for women. As part of the campaign, women from the cities were dispatched to rural regions to explain to the party's line on the role of women. By the late-1980s, women accounted for 47 percent of the labor force and about 30 percent of deputies to the People's Assembly. Women held responsible jobs at all levels of government and received equal pay in most jobs.
As with other mass organizations and associations during the time period, it was affiliated with the Democratic Front
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, Albanian
feminist of the early 20th century.
Hoxha
Hoxha is an Albanian surname and variant of the title Hodja, and could refer to several people:* Iljaz Hoxha, Albanian Janissary, scientist, and personal teacher to Ottoman Empire's sultan Bayezid II....
, had considerable success in securing equal social and political rights for women. As part of the campaign, women from the cities were dispatched to rural regions to explain to the party's line on the role of women. By the late-1980s, women accounted for 47 percent of the labor force and about 30 percent of deputies to the People's Assembly. Women held responsible jobs at all levels of government and received equal pay in most jobs.
As with other mass organizations and associations during the time period, it was affiliated with the Democratic Front
Democratic Front (Albania)
The Democratic Front was an Albanian political mass organization formed on August 5, 1945 to succeed the National Liberation Front as the leading political movement for recently liberated Albania under the leadership of Enver Hoxha. It was administered by the Party of Labour of Albania...
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Urani RumboUrani Rumbo
Urani Rumbo was an Albanian feminist, teacher and playwright. She founded various associations promoting women's rights, the most important of which was Lidhja e Gruas , one of first prominent feminist organizations of Albania.- Biography :Urani Rumbo was born in December 1895 in Stegopuli, a...
, Albanian
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
feminist of the early 20th century.