#WE continues: Meet Marta

RCC’s ‘’WE’’ campaign: Don’t be afraid to dream and to make your dreams come true! Celebrating the 8th of March, International Women’s Day, with MARTA, a remarkable woman from Skopje “We are in the 3rd decade of 21st century and yet the tales of successful business women are not frequent but rather breaking news. In the Western Balkans even more so as only 1 in 5 women owns a business. And not only that – employment rate of women in the region in 2018 was only 43,7%”, said Majlinda Bregu, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). “It’s time to change the odds and almost a quarter of the citizens in the Balkans (22%) agree, as they think that the low number of women in leading positions in politics and businesses should be dealt with urgently. Western Balkans’ economies lose 5% of GDP due to gap in participation of women as entrepreneurs. The region’s GDP could be 20% higher if women were to participate in the labour market at the same levels as men do. Women are the key to unlocking economic potential of the Western Balkans. Empowering women makes the societies stronger and families better off. So let’s Empower Women and have more stories like the one of Marta, a woman from North Macedonia, who made a business success. Meet Marta Naumovska Grnarova”. More in the news: https://bit.ly/39xxlLd WE will continue everywhere in the region. Just listen to women! Good.Better.Regional. #ListenToWomen