Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine extended her congratulations to the women of Serbia on International Women’s Day 8 March, and said in her letter:
“I am very proud of the women of our country because they are strong, focused, proud and responsible. During these difficult times for Serbia and our society, we have to be aware of our responsibilities as women in Serbia. We must continue our struggle to preserve our families, and to realize a better and happier future for our children and our country.
Women have always been the cohesion factor in our society, a silent majority that has supported progress and change. From our experience we can tell that women show better comprehension of social problems and injustices, and better understanding of problems of everyday life. Therefore, we must succeed in equal representation of women in all segments of society, and especially in places where most important decisions regarding the future of this country are made.
My Foundation has been implementing programmes for cervical cancer prevention and breast cancer prevention for several years, and by doing that trying to help to solve two major health problems of our women. I would like to make an appeal to all our women today, to take better care of their health, and to visit their doctors on a regular basis, because prevention and early detection is the best way to combat these diseases.
As daughters, wives and mothers we have a responsibility to our families and society to look after ourselves. I will try to do everything I can to help women’s health in our country and I will be with you.”