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Women constitute 67 percent of the economically active, able-bodied population of Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has said.

“Women constitute 55 percent of the population of Ukraine, moreover, 67 percent of the able-bodied, economically active population of Ukraine are women. At the same time, 60 percent of them have higher education. This means that we can realize the potential growth of business and raise Ukraine’s GDP by attracting such a work resource,” she said, speaking at the annual meeting of representatives of the European Business Association (EBA) on Nov. 20.

At the same time, Klympush-Tsintsadze noted that the government has made the policy of gender equality its priority for the first time in the entire history of Ukraine.