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Ladies and gentlemen,
Last week, on 8 March, we celebrated International Women's Day, which was established in 1977 by the United Nations General Assembly to promote women's rights, which through struggle and sacrifice they have claimed, but also to highlight the problems and what we are still claiming. We do not forget, of course, that it was preceded by the celebration of National Women's Day in 1909 in the United States in commemoration of the great protest of textile workers in 1857 in New York, who demanded better working conditions: Accelerate Progress" focuses on the fifth Sustainable Development Goal to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030. It is our duty as a state to champion the economic empowerment of women, support their equal representation in leadership and decision-making positions and in business, as well as girls in STEM fields. Ensure women and girls have access to quality education and training, promote equity in earnings, and work to eliminate gender stereotypes.
Today, in 2024, despite all the progress made in women's struggle for equality, women make up less than a third of the workforce in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and even less in cutting-edge fields, while according to recent Eurostat data the average pay gap in the EU is 12.7%, while for Cyprus it is estimated at 9.7%. Little progress has been made with our ranking of 21st in the 2023 Gender Equality Index, down from 22nd in 2022.
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