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The second issue of Women`s Entrepreneurship and 
Education has just been presented to readers. A central 
focus of the current issue is lifelong learning and the 
impact of female entrepreneurship on economic growth 
and job creation. We are focused on lifelong learning 
because countries with the most participants in life-long 
learning have the highest rate of employment and the 
lowest gender employment gap. The topic of ‘lifelong 

learning’ gained in importance in the European debates in the 1990s, until it was 
given a definition by the Commission’s Communication of 2001 entitled “Making 
a European Area of Lifelong Leaning a Reality. It should be considered for 
permanent process, so the workforce gets more adaptable for the needs and 
challenges of the labour market. In terms of these facts it is necessary to obtain 
the close partnership among universities, companies and research centres. The 
importance of lifelong learning is pointed out in the paper, ”Problematic Aspects 
of Women Employment in Slovakia in Comparing with Visegrad Countries” 
(Emília Jakubíková and Marianna Siničák). 
Female Entrepreneurship and  Economic Growth focuses on the role of female 
entrepreneurship in economic development. A particular emphasis is placed on 
countries that are in transition from a public-led to a private sector-led economy. 
While most countries in transition are still navigating their ways through the 
newly-adopted business environment, for some, there has been a number of 
adjustments and an increased urgency to re-align their economic policies to adapt 
to globalization pressures and the new economic order. Contributors to this issue 
have concluded that women and female-owned enterprises (FOEs) have a 
significant role in this transition. The papers assembled in this section of the 
Journal have a wide coverage and have covered recent empirical researches in this 
field. 
I hope this page will inspire you to participate with your original scientific papers. 
In addition, we will greatly appreciate it if you can distribute the Call for Papers 
to your colleagues, students and other community members and encourage them 
to contribute to the Journal. 
 
Thank you! 

 
Editor-in-Chief 
Professor Mirjana Radović-Marković, PhD