Historical analysis of “Women and men in North Macedonia” published by UN Women and the State Statistical Office

On 30 October, UN Women and the State Statistical Office of North Macedonia promoted the publication "Women and men in North Macedonia - a statistical portrait of trends in gender equality".

This publication presents a historical analysis of 12 editions of SSO’s signature publication in the field of gender statistics "Women and Men in North Macedonia", published in the period 2000 - 2021.

While analyzing data collected over a period of over twenty years, the main goal of the publication is to determine the clear trends or changes regarding the status of women in the period 2000-2021 and to give an overview of the situation with gender equality in our country.

The event encompassed official addresses by Vesna Ivanovikj-Castarede, UN Women North Macedonia Head of Office, the Director of the State Statistics Office, Apostol Simovski, the Head of the Training Center at the Secretariat for European Affairs, Elizabeta Buova on behalf of the State Secretary Drita Abdiu-Halili, Elena Grozdanova, State Adviser at the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, and Mikael Atterhög, Head of Development Cooperation at the Embassy of Sweden in North Macedonia. Read more about the promotion event: https://bit.ly/3j5D04J

The publication is available in Macedonian, Albanian and English, and can be downloaded from the UN Women regional office website: https://eca.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2022/10/women-and-men-in-north-macedonia-a-statistical-portrait-of-trends-in-gender-equality

The publication is prepared within the Gender Equality Facility project, supported by Sweden, and implemented by UN Women, in partnership with the Secretariat for European Affairs, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, and in close colaboration with the State Statisical Office. Learn more at: https://eca.unwomen.org/en/where-we-are/north-macedonia/gender-equality-facility-advisory-services-to-the-administration-of-north-macedonia