On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of Resolution 1325, AWEN in cooperation with the Association of Women with Social Problems organized on 31 October 2016, an advocacy meeting in order to bring together high level decision makers, NGOs, Media, and diplomatic corps in Albania to advocate for and to plan for concrete measures to be taken by government to ensure the implementation of resolution 1325 at the national level . The event was attended by 37 representatives, including the Minister of Defense, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Deputy Minister of the European Integration, members of Parliament, Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, representatives of local authorities, representatives of the media, etc. The main result of this activity was the involvement of the Ministry of Defense to start the process for drafting the National Action Plan for the implementation of Resolution 1325, as a comprehensive process.