Women's influence in Serbia still low

Women are the majority in the Serbian society, but a rather quiet one, it was said Saturday at the main session of the International Women Leaders Conference.

Izvor: Tanjug

Sunday, 11.03.2012.

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Women are the majority in the Serbian society, but a rather quiet one, it was said Saturday at the main session of the International Women Leaders Conference. The participants concluded that the percentage of women’s influence in Serbia was still very low. Women's influence in Serbia still low The two-day conference, held on Friday and Saturday, was organized by the Serbian-American Women's Leadership Network and the Serbian Unity Congress. Serbian parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic said that it was necessary for women to be represented in greater number everywhere where decisions were made, be it politics, economy or other spheres of life. “The role of women in every developed society is indispensable to the extent that the degree of a society's development is in direct proportion to the number of women in managerial positions,” said the speaker. She said that the participation of women in Serbian governmental offices was about 22 percent and that the statistics should be improved. Democratic Party (DS) MP and Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Natasa Vuckovic said that it was very important that the Serbian parliament should have as many women as possible, as they would manage to change many things. Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) deputy leader Diana Vukomanovic stated that 3.8 million women in Serbia were a powerful force on the political, economic and social scene, but despite being the majority population, they were still only a “silent majority.” Ex-vice president in Bundestag and Senior Political Advisor for South Eastern Europe Petra Blass Rafajlovski said that the goal of the women leaders network was to increase the number of ambitious women and that great attention should be paid to everyday life of women so that they could be able to take any action. Anita McBride, who served as assistant to U.S. President George W. Bush and chief of staff to first lady Laura Bush, said it was imperative in politics that women should be connecting, helping each other out. Tanjug

Women's influence in Serbia still low

The two-day conference, held on Friday and Saturday, was organized by the Serbian-American Women's Leadership Network and the Serbian Unity Congress.

Serbian parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović said that it was necessary for women to be represented in greater number everywhere where decisions were made, be it politics, economy or other spheres of life.

“The role of women in every developed society is indispensable to the extent that the degree of a society's development is in direct proportion to the number of women in managerial positions,” said the speaker.

She said that the participation of women in Serbian governmental offices was about 22 percent and that the statistics should be improved.

Democratic Party (DS) MP and Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Nataša Vučković said that it was very important that the Serbian parliament should have as many women as possible, as they would manage to change many things.

Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) deputy leader Diana Vukomanović stated that 3.8 million women in Serbia were a powerful force on the political, economic and social scene, but despite being the majority population, they were still only a “silent majority.”

Ex-vice president in Bundestag and Senior Political Advisor for South Eastern Europe Petra Blass Rafajlovski said that the goal of the women leaders network was to increase the number of ambitious women and that great attention should be paid to everyday life of women so that they could be able to take any action.

Anita McBride, who served as assistant to U.S. President George W. Bush and chief of staff to first lady Laura Bush, said it was imperative in politics that women should be connecting, helping each other out.

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