Blerina Metaj, a programme co-ordinator for the Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania/Defence for Children International, underlines that there can be no talk of equality between men and women in Albania as long as the patriarchal mentality exists. "According to that mentality, the woman is considered to be the property of the husband or the boyfriend, with whom he can do whatever he wants," Metaj told SETimes.
Bljerina Metaj, programski koordinator Centra za ljudska prava dece u Albaniji i organizacije Difens for čildren internešenel, ističe da ne može biti govora o jednakost muškaraca i žena u Albaniji sve dok postoji patrijarhalni mentalitet. „U tom mentalitetu smatra se da je žena vlasništvo svoga muža ili dečka, koji sa njom može da radi šta god mu se prohte“, kaže Metaj za SETimes.