Draft law on gender equality/ICNFSH, letter to the highest institutions of the State

2025-10-10 17:06:00, Aktualitet CNA

Draft law on gender equality/ICNFSH, letter to the highest institutions of the

The Interreligious Council of Albania, representing the five religious communities in the country (the Muslim Community of Albania, the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, the Catholic Church in Albania, the World Bektashi Patriarchate and the Evangelical Brotherhood of Albania), has addressed an official letter to the highest state institutions — the President, the Parliament, the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Health and the Committee on Labor, Social Affairs and Health — to express its concerns and arguments regarding the new draft law "On Gender Equality".

The Council emphasizes the importance of dialogue and institutional cooperation to guarantee equality, respect for religious values, and the protection of social cohesion.

The ICPF letter underlines that:

"We would like to underline that any legal regulation must preserve human dignity, respect human nature and not violate the moral foundations of society."

In our analysis, some of the provisions of this draft law, compared to the existing law, go beyond gender equality and risk introducing society into a process of moral relativism. Gender expression, based on the desire for personal gender self-determination, as posited by “gender theory,” denies the greatest difference that exists between living beings: gender difference.

By changing the meaning of gender and elevating it to a completely self-determining dimension, the draft law separates humans from their biological nature and replaces it with a changeable, subjective, and uncertain concept of identity.

"This approach does not help the social integration of the individual, but isolates him in internal psychological experiences, deepening individualism and weakening family and social ties, which are the basis of a healthy community life," the letter states, among other things./ CNA

Draft law on gender equality/ICNFSH, letter to the highest institutions of the