According to information available from Statistics Lithuania, the employment of men and women in the labour market is gradually increasing in our country. Men are ahead of women in this area by just a few percentage points (in 2016, their employment rate reached 70% and that of women stood at 68.8%). Although the situation is gradually changing, there are still a number of unresolved gender equality issues in Lithuania. Women active in business and the social environment, who encourage women’s leadership and career, have recently come together to set up Association Lyderė to bring about real change in this field. Read more at http://bit.ly/2slHd8D.
