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Thursday, 23 April 2009

Ninth Sitting of the Gender Equality Committee

At the sitting held on 22 April, the Gender Equality Committee debated the topic “Poverty and unemployment among women in times of economic crisis”.


At the sitting held on 22 April, the Gender Equality Committee debated the topic “Poverty and unemployment among women in times of economic crisis”. The sitting was chaired by the Committee Chairperson, Gordana Paunovic –Milosavljevic, and attended by Natalija Micunovic, head of the Gender Equality Directorate at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and Miroslav Jovic, representative of the National Employment Agency.

In the opening address, Natalija Micunovic presented the National Strategy for Improving the Position of Women and Promotion of Gender Equality adopted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia in February this year. The National Strategy envisions working towards increasing the involvement of women in decision-making processes and achieving equal representation on all levels and in all areas. Also, the Strategy envisions working towards achieving gender equality in education, improving the economic position of women so as to achieve gender equality, improving women’s health and promoting gender equality in health policy, as well as preventing and suppressing violence against women and improving victim protection. The strategy also envisages work on removing gender stereotypes in the media and promotion of gender equality.

Miroslav Jovic presented the position of women on the Serbian job market through comparative statistical analysis. By the end of December 2008, the National Employment Agency listed 727,621 registered unemployed, 53.97% of which were women.

The Committee members went on to discuss the data and posed questions to the present guests.

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  • 9.00 - the National Assembly Speaker and Acting President of the Republic of Serbia meets with the delegation of the PACE Observation Mission (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Green Salon)

  • 9.45 - the PACE delegation meets with the “Aleksandar Vucic – Serbia Must Not Stop” Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 10.30 - the PACE delegation meets with the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 11.15 - the PACE delegation meets with representatives of national minority parties (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 12.00 - the PACE delegation meets with the “MPs stand with the students” Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 12.30 - the PACE delegation meets with the Party of Freedom and Justice Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 14.00 - the PACE delegation meets with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 14.45 - the PACE delegation meets with the Chair and members of the Commission for the Revision of the Voters’ Register (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)

  • 15.15 - the PACE delegation meets with the representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 16.00 - the PACE delegation meets with the Chairperson and members of the Republic Electoral Commission (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)

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