Luksic stressed at a news conference of the Government Equal Opportunities Office and the Statistics Office that the goal was to include women in decision-making in all segments of politics, economy and public life, but was quick to point out that such efforts produced results too slow.
Indeed, with only 12 women MPs in the 90-seat National Assembly, Slovenia is the last but one among EU members in terms of women members of parliament, beating only Malta.
It ranks better when it comes to corporate jobs; in 2008, about 30% of executives were women, the director of the Statistics Office Irena Krizman said.
Slovenia's ranks 15th in terms of gender empowerment measure among EU members, and 34th in the world. Every fifth Slovenian woman has a higher education degree, while their average wage is EUR 110 lower than men's.
Until 1980, female students were in the minority, but the share increased to 60% by 2007, Nelka Vertot of the Statistics Office said.
The gap between gross wages of women and men in 2008 was the biggest in financial and insurance sectors (33.8%), whereas the situation was the opposite in construction, transport and public utility services.
The number of unemployed in Slovenia is growing, but more among men than women. At the end of 2009, 46,000 women and 50,000 men were registered as unemployed.
The at-risk-of-poverty rate among women older than 65 was 21% in 2008, 9 percentage points above the population average. This means that almost 30% of women aged 65 or more live in poverty, and are among Slovenia's most vulnerable groups.
Slovenia's population is ageing, with women being 3.3 years older than men on average. In mid-2009, an average Slovenian women was aged 43.
The youngest women (42.2 years on average) live in the southeast of Slovenia, while the oldest (44.4 years) live in Zasavje (E) and Gorisko (W), according to statistics.