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FYR Macedonia
Macedonia, still referred to as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), has a population estimated at 2 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 25,713 sq km (9,928 sq miles). The capital is Skopje. The major languages are Macedonian and Albanian.
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FYR Macedonia has not ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
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FYR Macedonia does not have a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
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FYR Macedonia does not have a UN peacekeeping mandate
Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM
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March 22, 2012 (B92)
BALKANS: Statement Urges Greater Role for Women in Security Sector The signing ceremony in Belgrade this Thursday officially launched a project dubbed “Support for Gender Mainstreaming in Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans”, Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac said. Šutanovac said that today women have an important role in the armed forces, providing a new quality and capacity in response to security challenges and global threats. -
September 12, 2009 (AWID)
MACEDONIA: How Are Women Faring In Macedonia? Gjuner Nebiu of Antico, a women's civic initiative and interethnic network of leaders from the NGO movement in Macedonia, discusses how women are faring there today.
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Resources
- Listen to Women for a Change: 15 Years after the Beijing Conference on Women – 15 Years after the Peacetrain: Balances and Outlooks, Irmgard Heilberger (WILPF) and Barbara Lochbihler (Editors), October 2010 | Download PDF
- Drafting and Adopting National Action Plans for the Implementation of Resolution 1325 in the Countries of Southeast Europe, Regional Women's Lobby For Peace, Security and Justice in Southeast Europe, 2010 | Download PDF
- NDI Post-Election Statement on June 1 Macedonia Parliamentary Elections , July 2008 | Download PDF
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