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Most Albanian women start their families in the early and mid-twenties: as of 2011, the average age at first marriage was 23.6 for women and 29.3 for men. [ 21 ] In some rural areas of Albania, marriages are still arranged , and society is strongly patriarchal and traditional, influenced by the traditional set of values of the kanun . [ 22 ]
A bicameral parliament was also created, in which an elected lower chamber, the Chamber of Deputies (with one deputy for every 12,000 people in Albania and one for the Albanian community in the United States), appointed members of its own ranks to an upper chamber, the Senate.
During that time, several Albanian principalities were created, notably the Principality of Albania, Principality of Kastrioti, Lordship of Berat and Principality of Dukagjini. In the first half of the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire invaded most of Albania, and the League of Lezhë was held under Skanderbeg as a ruler, who became the national ...
Sworn virgin in Rapsha, Hoti, Ottoman Albania, 1908 Balkan sworn virgins (in Albanian: burrnesha; in Bosnian: tobelija) are a traditional gender variant or third gender social role in certain Balkan cultures, [1] consisting of people who are assigned female at birth but take a vow of chastity and live the rest of their lives socially recognized as men.
When King Zog I of Albania took control on Albania, all political organization was dissolved, including the local Gruaja Shqiptare women's organizations. In October 1928 [ 3 ] a national women's organization was founded to incorporate all local organizations, and was given the name Gruaja Shqiptare, a name which had already been popular among ...
In many ways Alba Ahmetaj and Edlira Mara lead an ordinary life. At dusk on Sunday, May 19, friends cheered as they stood out on the rooftop of the mayor's office in central Tirana, kissed ...
Albanian leaders meeting at Lushnjë rejected the partition of Albania, warned that Albanians would take up arms in defense of their territory, and created a bicameral parliament. February The Albanian government under Sulejman Delvina moved to the new capital Tirana .
Albanian women reside within a conservative [6] and patriarchal society. In such a traditional society, the women of Albania have subordinate roles in communities that believe in "male predominance". This is despite the arrival of democracy and the adoption of a free market economy in Albania, after the period under the communist Party of Labor ...