At the beginning of 2024, Transparency International-Macedonia published the report: \u201eNational Integrity System Assessment North Macedonia\u201d, which contains an analysis of the situation of the 15 pillars of the national integrity system in relation to corruption and the effectiveness of national efforts to deal with corruption.<\/p>\n
The NIS Report was prepared during 2022 and 2023 within the project \u201cEU4 Rule of Law: Citizen Engagement for Public Integrity (CEPI) in the Western Balkans and Turkey\u201d, which was funded by the European Union and the Government of Switzerland.<\/p>\n
Within this Report, for the first time, there is a gender sensitivity analysis with recommendations conducted for the 14 pillars which are very relevant for the country\u2019s integrity system. The analysis was conducted according to a methodology prepared by Transparency International. Gender sensitivity was one of the indicators to analyse the work of the 14 out of 15 pillars on which overall assessment was conducted.<\/p>\n
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Legislature<\/strong><\/p>\n Score: 75\/100<\/p>\n For the parliamentary elections in 2024, the law mandates a minimum of 40 per cent representation of either gender on each candidate list. All registered candidate lists met the gender requirements. While women comprised 43 per cent of all parliamentary candidates, they were often placed in the lowest positions allowed by the law, and women candidates headed only 25 per cent of the lists. The political parties featured few women speakers at campaign events, and parties appeared to make little effort to engage women voters. Issues related to gender equality were largely absent from campaign discourse. One of the two candidates in the presidential run-off was a woman.<\/p>\n In the composition of the Parliament for the period 2020-2024, 46 of the 123 representatives are women or 38.33 per cent. One of the three vice-presidents of the Assembly is a woman, while the general secretary is a woman.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n