Outside the Walls of Albanian Patriarchy
Outside the Walls of Albanian Patriarchy

Summary/Abstract: The article is about women’s situation in Albania during and after the Second World War. The goal of this article is to share the Albanian experience as a former communist country, related with gender equality, and to give a short summary of the situation of Albanian women before the Second World War. This topic was selected because the author would like to share general information about the communism propaganda machine related with the re-evaluation of its position in the new revolutionary society. The structure of this article is designed to show you a ‘during and after’ WW II “panorama”. Its structure has two sections: 1. The women who fought against fascism and taboos; 2. The women who work and gave their contribution to rebuild the country after the war and live happily in the new socialist society, with the same rights as men, without prejudices. Concerning methodology, this is a historic perspective article and the comparative method was used. The facts that are mentioned were gathered from secondary sources: newspapers and books, photos and movie trailers’. This social phenomenon is very interesting because it explores the Albanian experience during communism era.

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