{"id":64917,"date":"2026-09-15T12:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europehouse.mk\/?p=64917"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:29:10","slug":"wear-the-change-a-year-long-platform-for-gender-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europehouse.mk\/en\/wear-the-change-a-year-long-platform-for-gender-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"WEAR THE CHANGE \u2014 A Year-Long Platform for Gender Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every third woman in North Macedonia over the age of fifteen has experienced harassment or violence. The country has some of the highest femicide rates in Europe. Women earn 12% less than men and do 72.5% of the unpaid care work.<\/p>\n<p>Behind these numbers is a reality we live with every day and barely react to. A woman who left a job she was good at because the care at home was hers by default. A report on threats that was filed and went nowhere. A room where decisions are made with no woman in it. None of it should pass. Not once.<\/p>\n<p>This is why Team Europe and the EU Delegation launched Wear the Change. Not a single commemoration of International Women&#8217;s Day, but a campaign that runs throughout the year, across the country, from March until the 16 Days of Activism in November.<\/p>\n<p>Anchored by thought-provoking art from popular local illustrator Ruki Chuki, the campaign travels city by city: Skopje, Veles, Tetovo, Struga, Bitola, Strumica. In each city, ambassadors of EU Member States sit at the table with civil society organisations, municipal representatives and law enforcement to open difficult conversations around seven localised topics:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Pays the Bill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Broken Shield<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Empty Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Invisible Patient<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Endless Shift<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Harvest Without Her Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Codes the Future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Equality is not decided only in institutions. It is decided in who gets hired and who gets promoted, in whether a woman is asked at a job interview if she plans to have children, in which parent stays home when the child is sick. In who speaks at a meeting and who gets interrupted. And in what happens when a woman says someone is threatening her, and whether anyone takes it seriously.<\/p>\n<p>The law covers part of that. The rest depends on us.<\/p>\n<p>When the law is not applied, ask the institution why and report it. Do not treat violence in a family as a private matter.<\/p>\n<p>Wear the change where you are. At home, at work, in the room where the decision is made.<\/p>\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/europehouse.mk\/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%98-%D1%98%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%9C%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0\/\">Skopje<\/a>, March. Who Pays the Bill: The Cost of Inequality<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/europehouse.mk\/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8-%D1%98%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%83-%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%98\/\">Veles<\/a>, April. The Broken Shield: Gender-Based Violence and Institutional Protection<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/europehouse.mk\/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B5-%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D1%98%D0%B0-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80\/\">Tetovo<\/a>, July. The Empty Chair: Women in Politics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/r\/1e4PgqMHfc\/\">Struga<\/a>, July. Who pays the Bill: The Cost of Inequality<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every third woman in North Macedonia over the age of fifteen has experienced harassment or violence. The country has some of the highest femicide rates in Europe. Women earn 12% less than men and do 72.5% of the unpaid care work. 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