Fabiola Laco Egro

Fabiola Laço - Egro (born 1963) is one of the prominent activists of civil society dating back to the beginning of the civil movement for women's rights in Albania in the 1990s. She is founder and leader of "Today for the Future" Network for community development in Albania.
Life and career.
Born to an intellectual family in Tirana, she had opportunities to embrace the feminist ideas, which extended throughout her career in civil society on women's rights and empowerment.
Since a master student of literature and journalism, and Romanian as a language, she started her activism acting as National Albanian Radio's spokeswoman of news in Romanian language, and then as editor of poetry, drama criticism in the National Publishing House "Naim Frasheri."
In the first years of Albanian democracy characterized by rapid changes in society and advancement of human rights activists, Fabiola Laço Egro as a spokeswoman of Independent Trade Unions of Albania emphasized and worked for women's rights, focusing on social issues and challenges, human rights, social and economic issues of women, mentality and contributed to give voice to expectations and hopes of an entire generation and social identity to women. Under her auspices started during the first years of democracy the international aid for women's movement and marginalized and poor society groups from church-based organizations such as Brot für die Welt Germany (previously EED), HEKS EPER Switzerland and ICCO Netherlands.
Following her vision, she co-founded and directed during the first four years the Association of Young Christian Women Albania (YWCA Albania) and represented it in the International Young Christian Women Network, by raising women's movement in Albania at the international level; co-founded and directed for 23 years the association Useful to Albanian Women; and already is the founder and executive director of the Community Development Network "Today for the Future" aiming gender equality, integrity and strengthening social, economic, cultural and political situation of vulnerable groups such as women, youth and children and migratory groups, in the frame of Albanian society integration to the great European family.
Professional life will be enriched during this period with master in human rights in Boldern Academy - Switzerland, studies in social policies, European integration, civil society fundraising, advocacy, lobbying, management, leadership, strategic direction in the Netherlands, Georgia, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, the UK and USA.
She is director of Albanian National Gender Equality Anthem "Bring the sun" with support of United Nations Agencies in Albania, produced by "Today for the Future" Network, which with the outstanding campaign for gender equality ranked Albania in the list of 20 global finalists for the third annual Avon Communications Awards: Speaking Out About Violence Against Women, which recognize outstanding communications campaigns that are helping change communities, policies, institutions and behaviors to end violence against women.
In the recent years, she is in the front line for new approaches in professional education and employment of women and youth in need, partnering Volkshilfe Solidarität, and in rural and vulnerable community social service provision, partnering Caritas Österreich.
Among the most notable moments of 30 years of work:
Publications.
Unemployment Situation in Ex-Swamp Area of Durrës, Albania, Publication in Albanian, co-author 
Monitoring and Assessing the public services on waste management in Ex-Swamp Area of Durrës, Albania, Publication in Albanian, co-author 
SEED Best Practices in Albania, Publication in Albanian-English, co-author 