Municipal initiatives on women’s economic empowerment: Strengthening the employability, entrepreneurship and digital skills of women in local communities

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Municipal initiatives on women’s economic empowerment: Strengthening the employability, entrepreneurship  and digital skills of women in local communities
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Foundation CEED Macedonia/Ad Verbum Skopje

Recognizing the significant gender inequalities in the local labour market and the specific impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women’s livelihoods and economic security, 11 municipalities (City of Skopje, Centar, Kisela Voda, Aerodrom, Sveti Nikole, Kriva Palanka, Bitola, Kochani, Strumica, Gazi Baba, Mavrovo Rostushe) in North Macedonia applied gender responsive budgeting in the local economic development programmes. This publication  presents the results achieved by the Municipalities supported by UN Women to effectively implement their initiatives which focused on strengthening the employability, entrepreneurship, and digital skills of women in the local communities.

The pupblication is produced within the framework of the UN Women project “Promoting gender responsive policies and budgets: Towards transparent, inclusive and accountable governance in the Republic of North Macedonia”, funded by Switzerland and Sweden.

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Languages available in print
English

Bibliographic information

Resource type(s): Brochures Case studies
UN Women office publishing: North Macedonia Programme Presence Office
Publication year
2023
Number of pages
12