Gender (in)equality in Montenegro

GENDER (IN)EQUALITY in MONTENEGRO WOMEN ARE UNDER REPRESENTED IN DECISION-MAKING LOCAL LEVEL PARLIAMENTS MAYORS COMMTES VOTE VOE VOTE VOTE 17% 18% 13% 5% WOMEN 51% 1 count for 9% of VOTERS 17% DECISION-MAKING AND FACE UNEQUAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WOMEN make 44% but own Ш of overall workforce own only of BUSINESSES and tend to focus on the 10% SAME AREAS of activities, retail and wholesale, 31 % of employed WOMEN have TERTIARY EDUCATION (college or university) of employed men despite competitors and low profits 21 while just %have the same level of education WOMEN earn 85% of men's INCOME 90% of all people % that are inactive Everyday WOMEN spend 222minutes because of CARE GIVING DUTIES and OTHER FAMILY RESPONSABILITIES in HOUSEWORKS are WOMEN while MEN spend only 90 PRIVATE PROPERTIES are mainly in men's hands 20% WOMEN own less then % of cars,houses and properties TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES and STEREOTYPES prevent women from fully using their COMPETENCIES TO ENHANCE GENDER EQUALITY WE NEED TO PROMOTE: SPECIFIC FINANCING to womeņ entrepreneurs to overcome their main barrier against entrepreneurship INNOVATIVENESS of women entrepreneurs WOMEN'S NETWORKS to facilitate and speed up business development. INVESTING IN POLICIES THAT PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FÖR MEN ANDWOMEN CREATES MORE SUSTAINABLE SÓCIETIES * SOURCES http://www.monstat.org/WOMEN AND MEN IN MONTENEGRO, 2012 http://www.jovanovicdesign.com/undp/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Report_Women-entrepreneurship-in-Montenegro_eng.pdf http://www.emim.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=D452<emid=73&lang=en UN Empowered lives More information is available on Government of Montenegre AMinisny for Jestice and luman Righes Resilient nations. EUROPEAN UNION www.gendermontenegro.me NATIONAL LEVEL MINISTIRES PARLIAMENTS RERUIK PRESIDENTS O