GENDER EQUALITY IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA The position of women in the Macedonian society Dragana Drndarevska.
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GENDER EQUALITY IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
The position of women in the Macedonian society
Dragana Drndarevska
Equal opportunity means equal participation of women
and men in all spheres of public and private sectors,
equal status and equal treatment in the exercise of all
rights and in developing individual potential through
which people contribute to social development
and equal benefits from the results of that development
(Law on Equal Opportunities for women and men
- Article 4)
The electoral law sets a minimum threshold of 30 % for
women participation at all levels in politics.
There is no law on sanctions - no punishment for
violation of art. 64 and Art. 21 of the Election Code;
The level of female representation on key functions is
very low.
34 women in the parliament out of 120 MPs;
3 women ministers in the government out of 22
ministries ;
Few women play decisive roles as top managers in line
ministries;
26,8% women in the local councils/ In 7 municipalities
there is only one or not a single woman on the local
council;
84 municipalities and the city of Skopje- no women major;
Commission on Equal Opportunities for women and men on
national level and Equal Opportunities Commissions at
local level do not perform their function, they are not aware
of their responsibilities and don’t have appropriate work
programs - so far no concrete action and tangible results in
the field of gender equality
SEC: out of 7 members only 1 is women (14%). Violation of
article 21 of the Electoral Law which require 30%.
In the Security Council in Republic of Macedonia out of 9
members, in the last two mandates only 1 women per
mandate
2/3 of the illiterate people are women;
4% of the employed women are owner of a businesses;
11% of the employed women receive higher sale then the
average;
Women earn 1/3 of the finances;
The rate of working capacity among women is 42.9%,
and markedly higher among men and 67.3%;
Women have no opportunity to use state subsidies (Law
for subsidies): only 2% of them in rural areas
are land owners, 4% owners of financial savings,5% have
ownership of houses/apartments;
Limited access of rural women for their right
to free gynecological examinations and immunization,
guaranteed by the Law on Health Care
Every 4th woman is a victim of domestic violence/ no
state women’s shelters, only one NGO shelter
Legal decision to allocate 2% of assets, from games of
chance, to protect victims of domestic violence are
not applied transparently, it is not known how much
money are collected and what are they used for;
Law for the third child is contrary to the freedom of
women and its limiting women’s competitiveness in the
labor market
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