13 min

Women's Political Empowerment in the Balkans: Episode One (Albania‪)‬ The Europe Desk

    • Politics

We sat down with Valerie Dowling,  Director of Women’s Democracy Network (WDN) and Private Sector Engagement at International Republican Institute (IRI), a nonpartisan, nongovernmental sister organization of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). In this episode, we discuss the current landscape of women’s political representation in Albania and why prioritizing women’s political empowerment is essential to democracy building in the country. 
The Europe Desk is a podcast from the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It brings together leading experts working on the most pertinent issues facing Europe and transatlantic relations today.
 
Music: Sam Kyzviat and Breakmaster Cylinder
Design: Sarah Diebboll
Leadership: Hailey Ordal, Josephine Sylvestre 
Production: Alexandra Long and Nina Avramovski
Communication: Sophie al Mutawaly

We sat down with Valerie Dowling,  Director of Women’s Democracy Network (WDN) and Private Sector Engagement at International Republican Institute (IRI), a nonpartisan, nongovernmental sister organization of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). In this episode, we discuss the current landscape of women’s political representation in Albania and why prioritizing women’s political empowerment is essential to democracy building in the country. 
The Europe Desk is a podcast from the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It brings together leading experts working on the most pertinent issues facing Europe and transatlantic relations today.
 
Music: Sam Kyzviat and Breakmaster Cylinder
Design: Sarah Diebboll
Leadership: Hailey Ordal, Josephine Sylvestre 
Production: Alexandra Long and Nina Avramovski
Communication: Sophie al Mutawaly

13 min