The data show that in a total of 142 monitored institutions nationwide, only four Roma women are employed in managerial positions. While the employment of Roma women is 0.47 percent, said the Advocacy Group for Equal Employment Opportunities, composed of Roma activists working within HERA - Association for Health Education and Research, during the presentation of the findings of the Report on the situation of Roma women in the labor market.
- From the analysis of a total of 54 LSGUs, really devastating information was obtained, about low employment and general non-representation of Roma in managerial positions, and we single out the municipality of Suto Orizari, which is considered the largest municipality with Roma population, and the local government Employed a total of 18 people, of which only 8 are Roma, and none of the above is in a managerial position, said Sibela Mamudoska from the Advocacy Group for Equal Employment Opportunities.
- Out of the monitored total of 30 employment centers, only in the centers in Gostivar and Negotino one Roma is employed. Alarming gender inequality has been identified in most of the monitored institutions, even in some institutions there are no Roma employees at all, such as the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Local Self-Government and the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, indicating a serious lack of adequate policies to eliminate this inequality, I would say discrimination, says Mamudoska.
The findings of the Report on the Situation of Roma Women in the Labor Market were presented at a conference organized within the project "Roma Women Advocate for Equal Employment Opportunities", which is financially supported by the Swedish foundation "Kvinna Till Kvinna".
