AMCHAM NEWS & EVENTS
Women’s Economic
Empowerment Panel
O
n September 25, AmCham Macedonia in
cooperation with the National Democratic
Institute in North Macedonia marked the
Week of Women’s Rights and Gender Equality by
leading the conversation on women’s economic
empowerment.
Local and foreign experts discussed the situation
on the ground and global best practices and
offered practical mechanisms to address gender
- based issues in the country. The key remarks
that emerged from the discussion were raising
awareness among policy makers about the
relevant gender aspects of different policy
areas, such as: employment, gender budgeting,
dividing parental leave, flexible working hours,
consistency in policies, and cooperation between
different stakeholders in the society especially in
the rural areas, as well as applying good practices
and examples from other economies.
U.S. Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes spoke about
the US government initiative to advance global
women’s economic empowerment through the
Women’s Global Development and Prosperity
Initiative. Liljana Zaturoska, Member of the
Parliament of North Macedonia presented the
Strategy for Strengthening Women’s Economic
Power which will focus on increased participation
of women in the labor market, gender budgeting,
and better realization of employment rights.
Sneshka Ilikj, a researcher from Reactor, spoke
about the preliminary findings from Reactor’s
research of gender discrimination and labor rights
in the country. Private sector representatives
spoke of the measures and initiatives to attract
more women in the workplace, especially
in traditionally male industries and Jovana
Trencevska, State Secretary, Ministry of Labor
and Social Policy presented active employment
measures targeted to women.
AmCham, along with its members and partners,
continues to work towards the equal participation
of women in the labor market because investing
in women have multiplier effect - they reinvest
their incomes in their families and communities
while contributing to greater prosperity of the
whole society.
EMERGING MACEDONIA
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