Enticing women to play an active role in politics and business
3rd annual meeting of partners within the Power project – European Network of Woman Mayors for equal opportunities in citizens’ lives is taking place in Labin from today until Saturday.
Meeting is hosted by the deputy mayor of Labin Eni Modrušan and it will be attended by representatives from Italy, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Spain. Main topic of the meeting is „Women in politics“ and during the event a workshop will be organised with high school students to discuss women’s successful participation and contribution in today’s politics, business and governing bodies.
Power project is a part of the EU programme Europe for Citizens 2014 -2020. Its main goal is to create a network of cities in which women are either mayors or deputy mayors, entice women to take on an active role in politics and business and to promote gender equality.
Along with Labin, other participating cities are Pollina (Italy), Cuidad Real (Spain) , Tetovo (Macedonia) and an association of south-west cities in Bulgaria