Skopje, 11 December 2021 (MIA) – 50 poems written by elementary and high school students from Bitola have been published in a new poetry collection on gender equality. The collection of poems was edited by Macedonian language professor Mirjana Stojanovska, while the cover was designed by Vesna Mundishevska-Veljanovska. It features poems by students from two elementary schools, as well as the local technical and medical high schools, inspired by the topic “Equal opportunities between genders in modern society.” The poetry collections was published by Bitola-based science and culture association NOVA and financed by the Municipality of Bitola. “Through poetry, students expressed their anti-violence sentiments, wishes for equality between genders in modern society and spoke against bullying at schools. They demonstrated maturity and awareness that women should enjoy equal rights, as well as economic and cultural developments and have an equal say in social and political life,” the association said. Moreover, it added that young authors see equal opportunities in balanced participation of men and women in all aspects of public life. It also stressed that students used their creativity, as well as the stylistic devices their learn at school, in their poems.