Equal Power for Women

The project aimed to advance gender equality by developing entrepreneurial and leadership skills, promoting balanced leadership and encouraging organisations to create equal career development opportunities for women and men.

The project “Equal Power for Women” aimed to contribute to greater gender equality by strengthening knowledge, skills and public awareness of the equal participation of women and men in the economy, business and organisational leadership.

The project developed entrepreneurial skills among young people and representatives of civil society organisations to encourage their active role in economic and social life. Particular emphasis was placed on balanced leadership and on the need for organisations to create conditions for equal opportunities in professional and career development.

In March 2018, the web conference “Equal Power for Women – how to change the situation” was held, presenting good practices and current trends in gender equality in the economy. In October, training on “Balanced leadership in business among young people” was delivered.

As part of the project, the publication “Guidelines for balanced leadership in Macedonian organisations” was produced, containing concrete HR measures and tools for the career development of women and men alike. In addition, 32 signed statements were collected from companies expressing their readiness to start a process of balancing the representation of employees at different levels of the organisation.

The project also produced four issues of the e-magazine “Equal Power for Women”, which shared information, examples and content on gender equality, leadership and equal opportunities in the workplace.