ABSTRACT This policy paper will provide a helicopter view of Albania’s compliance with the United Nation Security Council Resolution 1325 on“Women, Peace and Security” 0F 1 , through the filters of national security agenda and the institutional mainstreaming efforts in this path. Looking at it through the lenses of the public opinion, this paper will strive to outline a number of features and gender equality mainstreaming trends of the Albanian institutional context, trying to find explanations on the public perceptions and myths. It will attempt to build arguments and conclusions referring to the available data in the security domain, comparing them to the data analysed and decompressed from the Albanian Security Barometer 2022 1F 2 . In addition, this policy paper will provide a number of recommendations on how the integration of gender equality principles in the national security agenda could enhance the enactment of certain policies and increase their impact and efficiency. 1 Note: Adopted in 2000, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR 1325) heralded new norms and acknowledged the significance of women in the areas of peace and security. The Resolution called upon all United Nations member states to ensure an increased representation of women at all levels of decision-making levels, the expansion of the role of women in peace-keeping operations, the incorporation of a gender perspective into national defence and security policies, and training security and defence establishments on the protection of women. Mainly it linked the women, peace and security agenda with conflict and post-conflict environments. In addition to the UNSCR 1325, the Security Council has passed a series of further resolutions in subsequent years. These resolutions altogether have had a notable impact on the emergence and enhancement of norms forming the worldwide 1325 agenda on women, peace, and security. 2 https://csdgalbania.org/albanian-security-barometer-2022/ 4