85% of businesswomen in Moldova work in urban areas, 60% of whom in Chisinau. The discrepancy between the number of businesses started by women in villages and towns is wide and such a state of affairs should be changed. The picture is similar when it is about the involvement of women in the decision-making process at community level. The opinions were stated in the fourth National Women’s Forum of Moldova 2018 entitled “Woman and Migration“ that was held on December 15, IPN reports.
Attending the forum, Prime Minister Pavel Filip said Moldova should be attractive not only to investments from outside, but also to domestic investments. The Government is implementing a number of reforms to create a favorable investment climate by reducing the number of permissive documents, introducing the one-stop shop, supporting different financing programs intended for young entrepreneurs and not only. During three years, there were created 170,000 jobs and US$130 million was directly invested in business. The figure this year is by US$ 43 million higher than last year.
World Bank Country Manager for Moldova Anna Akhalkatsi said the starting of businesses and creation of jobs make fewer people leave the county. It is estimated that the particularities of 65% of the jobs will change by 2030. 15% will be done by robots, while 48% of the jobs will require skills that will be different from those taught by the education system now. “It is important to think how to prepare the child for the labor market of the future,” stated Anna Akhalkatsi.
UN Women Moldova Representative Ulziisuren Jamsran noted it was established that one third of the women in the country are migrant women and each fifth woman works in Russia, while each third in Italy. Domestic violence is one of the migration factors. Of ten women who work or worked abroad, all invest in the family. Almost each woman invests in education as this is one of the most stable investments.
Valentina Badrajan, executive director of the Sustainable Development Fund of Moldova, said big changes have been witnessed in terms of involvement of women during the past few years. They are no longer indifferent to what is going on around them and become involved and help each other. Valentina Badrajan encouraged the women to take posts in administrative bodies and to get involved in activities which are considered to be typical of men, like agriculture.
In the event, a number of women who distinguished themselves in entrepreneurship and won the contest “Women’s Entrepreneurship Gala” were awarded Government diplomas.
