Discussion on the EU priorities for Ukraine's support
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Creating new opportunities in the regional labour market is crucial for sustainable economic development in the Western Balkans, not least after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The social debacle stemming from the pandemic, as well as the long road ahead to recovery, have taken a particularly heavy toll on women and exacerbated the existing inequalities vis-à-vis their male peers in the fields of economy and employment. It is now more important than ever to close this gap.
The struggle must go on not only for the women whose shoulders we are standing on but for the girls and women who will come
Quote by
Gordana Čomić
Serbian Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue
Established as part of Friends of Europe’s Balkan Journey and carried out in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Working Group on women’s economic empowerment in the Western Balkans identified opportunities to foster women’s development in all aspects of economic life and produced five key recommendations to achieve greater women’s economic empowerment across the region:
Underpinned by a multistakeholder, participative and local approach, the Working Group ran for two years through a series of four meetings, hosted in four cities in the Western Balkan region.
The recommendations of the Working Group on women’s economic empowerment will be shared with governments, civil society and private sector associations throughout the region, as well as with the European Commission and specific Directorates-General and Parliamentary committees. Working Group members are invited to continue to share their thoughts with Friends of Europe, as well as act as the informal mechanism to track progress of the recommendations throughout the region. The way of working established on this issue has informed how Friends of Europe is and will address other issues in the region, namely justice reform and young people.
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