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TIRANA, Dec. 4 – Leaving behind the patriarchal mentality is the main challenge for Albania and its bid to narrow the gender gap and fight domestic and sexual violence, most of which unreported with the authorities and as a result going unpunished. The message was unveiled this week by Albania’s social protection minister as the Balkan country has joined a global movement against gender-based violence to hold 16 days of activism through awareness-raising. “Albania’s greatest challenge toward adopting European values of gender equality is changing the mentality and leaving behind the culture of men’s superiority,” Health and Social Protection Minister…