THE RESPONSE OF WELFARE STATE SYSTEM IN ALBANIA TO THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
THE RESPONSE OF WELFARE STATE SYSTEM IN ALBANIA TO THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Summary/Abstract: The paper will give an overview of the entire fundamental, social rights and freedoms fixed on the Albanian Constitution. Part of the article will be focused on the comparative study on the reform of social assistance legislation from 90ties till now and the transformations which affected mostly the target of vulnerable people and victims of violence. Through a comparative study of social assistance laws, the evaluations of the achieved results of their implementation, the paper aims to achieve some reflections and critical opinions on what need to be improved and how the stakeholder should act to fulfill their duties. In Albania [World Bank (2018)], the economic aid scheme constitutes 25% of social aid and this occupies 1.35% of GDP. In 2019, 73.5% of Economic aid beneficiaries represent 30% of the poorest part of the population (ISTAT). The World Bank notes that the treatment with economic aid of approximately 9% of the population in the country, with poverty levels at 30.8% of the population, requires an emergency intervention with long-term social policies. INSTAT data shows that, women are more at risk of living in poverty than men at the level of 23.8% versus 22.2%. The victims of domestic violence as beneficiaries benefits only 0.2% of Economic Aid funds, which constitutes 0.5% of the total EA fund for 2020. As long as the law connects the right to monetary compensation with the status of a victim of domestic violence, obtained by a final court decision without paying attention to the socioeconomic situation, the levels of poverty will be higher.

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