UN Report: Gender Equality in Slovenia Improves

Ljubljana, 14 January - Slovenia is showing improvement in gender equality, according to a UN report. The headway is most obvious in legislation, especially in the mandated 25% women quota for general elections. However, women in Slovenia still leave economic decisions to men and opt for typically female jobs.

Ljubljana The Office for Equal Opportunities presenting to the press a UN report on Slovenia's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The Office for Equal Opportunities presenting to the press a UN report on Slovenia's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Violeta Neubauer of the Office for Equal Opportunities presenting to the press a UN report on Slovenia's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Violeta Neubauer of the Office for Equal Opportunities presenting to the press a UN report on Slovenia's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Majda Pucnik Rudl, head of the Office for Equal Opportunities presenting to the press a UN report on Slovenia's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Majda Pucnik Rudl, head of the Office for Equal Opportunities presenting to the press a UN report on Slovenia's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana The Office for Equal Opportunities presenting to the press a UN report on Slovenia's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The Office for Equal Opportunities presenting to the press a UN report on Slovenia's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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