Irina Pockova is the political and women rights activists. She is prominent leader at local level. She is the former Chairwomen of Women’s Chapter of SDA political party in Sveti Nikola and long standing political activists with social democratic political views.

She holds a master degree in economy from the University of Macedonia. Her particular focus is on finances and accounting and she was successful in using her expertise on policies and mainstreaming of gender budgeting.

She has been active in local government in Macedonia since 1985. She was Director of Public Revenue for the municipality of Sveti Nikola as well as President of the City Council. Since 2001 she has been President of the Sveti Nikole Women’s Citizen Initiative. She has consulted and cooperated with projects run by international agencies such as USAID. Her interests lie in gender budgeting and local economic development strategies. She has written books on investing and business opportunities as well as a textbook on taxes.