The Women Advocacy Center becomes the Center for Legal Civic Initiatives

"The Women Advocacy Center", now the Center for Civic Legal Initiative

There is a change in the scope and the name of the Women Advocacy Center. Compliant to the organization vision, the Steering Board, upon its Decision dated 08 November 2004, decided on a change, by extending the mission of the Center, which receives a new name. After ending the registration procedures in the Tirana District Court, the Women Advocacy Center receives the following name:

"THE CENTER FOR LEGAL CIVIC INITIATIVES"

The mission of the center is: The Center aims at increasing the civic access to legal initiatives through:

• Offering legal and psycho-social services for the poor nationals and in particular for women.
• Taking part and leading civic initiatives for improving legislation
• Participation in preparing draft-laws and state policies based on gender-equality
• Intermediation and lobbying for building efficiency and democratization of the justice system through studies, monitoring and generalization of the best legal practices.