{"id":6346,"date":"2016-12-27T10:55:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T10:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/?p=6346"},"modified":"2017-04-05T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T11:28:34","slug":"women-are-wonderful-i-feel-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/women-are-wonderful-i-feel-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Women are Wonderful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MICE is largely a women&#8217;s industry. Eventhough we are still living in a world where women don&#8217;t have the same social, economic, and other opportunities as men do, there are women who have made a difference in meetings and events industry and also in other spheres. But this is not another story about social paradigms of gender role, it&#8217;s about powerful Slovenian women.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever heard of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%22Women_are_wonderful%22_effect\">WAW effect<\/a><\/strong>? It\u2019s about women being perceived positively on the whole as they are stereotyped as supportive, nice and gentile. <strong>Women are able to handle even the most stressful situations with grace.<\/strong> They balance their private lives while breaking boundaries in their career. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imexexhibitions.com\/awards\/imex-awards-programme\/academy-awards\/\">Tatjana Radovi\u010d<\/a><\/strong> is that kind of woman, she is the first Slovenian to have received an international award in the field of business tourism, the <strong>IMEX Academy Award<\/strong>. Five professional women in the events sector founded <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womeninevents.org\/Content\/Welcome\/1\/\">The Association for Women in Events<\/a><\/strong>, an inclusive community dedicated to the professional advancement of women in all facets of the events industry.<\/p>\n<p>So, who are other <strong>significant Slovenian women<\/strong>? Let us mention just a few of them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ng-slo.si\/en\/permanent-collection\/1870-1900\/ivana-kobilca?tab=collections&amp;authorId=631\">Ivana Kobilica<\/a><\/strong>, Slovenia\u2019s foremost female artist of all time who painted an iconic Slovenian work of art, <strong>The Coffee Lady<\/strong>. A cosmopolitan and bold power woman back in days.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/litteraeslovenicae.si\/avtorji\/svetlana-makarovic\/\">Svetlana Makarovi\u010d<\/a><\/strong>, a <strong>sharp and witty<\/strong> <em>femina<\/em> and one of the best-known Slovenian authoresses.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1128592\/\">Katarina \u010cas<\/a><\/strong>, currently, the \u201cit\u201d Slovenian actress, her most prominent role so far was in Scorsese\u2019s movie <strong>The Wolf of Wall Street<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinamaze.com\/\">Tina Maze<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>one of the world\u2019s leading figures in female skiing<\/strong> and a double winter Olympic champion, \u2018world record\u2019 holder &#8211; 2414 points in one World cup season, definitely a fierce woman. Another outstanding female athlete is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brigita_Bukovec\" target=\"_blank\">Brigita Bukovec<\/a><\/strong>, a woman who won the first Olympic medal in the independent Slovenia.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikazupanc.com\/\">Nika Zupanc<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>world-known product and interior designer<\/strong>, her product design collaborations include distinguished design companies such as Dior, Moooi and Se.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/members\/hisa-franko\/\">Ana Ro\u0161<\/a><\/strong> from Hi\u0161a Franko is <strong>starring in the Netflix<\/strong> documentary series \u201cChef\u2019s Table\u201d and is reperesented as one of the best female chefs worldwide and<\/li>\n<li>There are also young rising stars taking among female Slovenians, like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/pictures\/mfg45jmjh\/urska-srsen-26\/#5ead168a6a20\">Ur\u0161ka Sr\u0161en<\/a><\/strong>, the founder of <strong>BellaBeat<\/strong>, took top spot in <strong>\u201cForbes 30 Under 30\u201d<\/strong> this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to name just a few compelling Slovenian women, <strong>each one is special and powerful in its own unique way<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Slovenian women primarily work in three fields: cultural and social welfare, public services and administration, and the hospitality industry. <strong>The official gender pay gap in Slovenia is one of the lowest in the EU.<\/strong> It\u2019s challenging to generalise Slovenian women in terms of personality traits, they\u2019re as different and diverse as other nations. But one thing is certain for all women out there, as <strong>Virginia Woolf<\/strong> put it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Women are <strong>making the Slovenian nation proud<\/strong> by their <strong>outstanding performances<\/strong> on many fields and their important <strong>contribution to an\u00a0overall development of the society<\/strong>. Women are wonderful, right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay tuned for the final I Feel 25 story!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MICE is largely a women&#8217;s industry. Eventhough we are still living in a world where women don&#8217;t have the same social, economic, and other opportunities as men do, there are women who have made a difference in meetings and events industry and also in other spheres. 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