From Venezuela, Maria travelled halfway around the world in search of a better life. Instead, the mother of two was trapped in Albanian detention for months after being lured into illegal sex work.

As Albanian websites spread falsehoods to discredit women in the media, a culture of silence and weak legal protections leave women journalists increasingly vulnerable. In October last year, ...

Weak laws and institutional indifference mean women in Albania and Kosovo are largely unprotected against often devastating levels of gender-based digital violence. Ajmane Bajrami was 15 years old ...

“I do not see the same color, vibrancy and life in other countries I visit,” Alice Taylor tells PEOPLE after moving to Albania in 2017 Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...