Voracious for the long awaited EU’s membership, the Republic of Macedonia has made significant progress in the field of gender equality. In that direction, this paper ana-lyzes the legislative progress that the country has achieved in promoting gender equal-ity and reviews the accomplishment of the EU gender equality targets by the country. In doing so, the paper examines the Macedonian progress, compares the achievement of targeted goals and briefly assesses the implementation of specific policies.
The first section of the paper provides brief background information on the issue, the second section provides deeper examination of the five strategic areas identified in the EU’s gender equality strategy: economic independence, equal pay for equal work/value, decision making process, gender based violence and EU external actions and analyzes how Macedonia compares, while the third section briefly wraps up the analysis.
The paper provides good initial picture on the gender equality in Macedonia and identi-fies the spheres where extra efforts should be placed.
