International Women's Day observed also in Slovakia

According to the latest population census, there are 2,783,894 women in Slovakia. Not only do women prevail over men in terms of numbers in all Slovak regions, they also outnumber them in several boroughs of Bratislava and Kosice. At the same time, women in Slovakia earn a quarter less than men. This has been confirmed by the latest analysis of the website Platy.sk. The total average gross salary of women is EUR 1,323, while that of men is EUR 1,751. The difference in these gross earnings is EUR 428, i.e. almost 25 percent. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, President Zuzana Caputova met with female representatives of various political parties, NGOs and professional organisations. The president and the representatives discussed the deteriorating social and economic situation and its impacts on women in Slovakia as well as the need to aid women fleeing the war in Ukraine.