Month: March 2014

April 9-10, 2014: Parliamentary workshop at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group On April 9 and 10, the World Bank Group and the IMF are organizing their regular workshop for Parliamentarians, in cooperation with the Parliamentary Network (on the World Bank and IMF). The Workshop is taking place […]

The campaign “Women in Parliaments, Inspiring change“, which we ran for the International Women’s Day, was a great success! More than 100 female Parliamentarians from all continents -50 countries- have shared words of inspiration through our project. On International Women’s Day, WIP shared all the postcards during the online conversation around the theme #inspiringhange, which […]

In the framework of WIP Study Trip to Iceland, “Field Visits” will provide participants with first hand insights into local companies and industries, exemplary for gender equality and female empowerment in business, society, public institutions, research facilities, etc. Such on-site visits should break with gender-stereotypes, showcase extraordinary achievements and provide inspirations for participants to foster similar […]

Female Parliamentarians from all continents will gather in Reykjavik from 3 to 4 April on the occasion of the WIP Study Trip to Iceland. There will be three Plenary Debates within the programme, which will give the opportunity to Icelandic politicians to explain their experience in closing the gender gap and fighting against gender stereotypes […]

Women in Parliaments Global Forum: Information Brochure

The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) is hosting an online discussion together with iKNOW Politics on what can be learned from Iceland’s experience in closing the gender gap. During the WIP Study Trip to Iceland (3-4 April), 50 female Parliamentarians from 30 different countries will gather in Reykjavik to discuss what women from other regions […]

Since 2009 and according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, Iceland is the global leader in gender equality. During the WIP Study Trip (3-4 April), 50 international female Parliamentarians will discuss about the policies that were needed to achieve this position and about whether the Icelandic model can be exported. Women’s suffrage […]

The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) hosted a special session on “The Growing Role of Women in Parliaments in Africa”, in the framework of the Crans Montana African Women’s Forum on Friday 21 March 2014 in Brussels. One of the outcomes of this special session was the agreement echoed by all participants that having […]

The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP), with the cooperation of the Parliament of Iceland, will meet in Reykjavik to study Iceland’s success in gender equality, from 3 to 4 April. 50 female Parliamentarians from all continents will gather to discuss about the policies that were needed to tackle gender inequality in Iceland -the current […]

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the first woman in the world to be democratically elected Head of State, will receive the “WIP Award for Lifetime Achievements in Female Political Empowerment” during the WIP Study Trip to Iceland (3-4 April 2014). The 4th President of the Republic of Iceland was elected in 1980 and stepped down in 1996, after […]

by Donatille Mukabalisa for Huffington Post This last weekend, Rwanda was celebrated across the world on International Women’s Day for its achievements in representation of women in public life. In Rwanda, this year’s celebrations were tinged with a particular poignancy as Rwanda commemorates Kwibuka20, the twentieth anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi on April […]

The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) is organising its 3-day “Summer Summit 2014” in Rwanda from 1 to 3 July 2014. The event will be held in cooperation with the Parliament of Rwanda, which for the first time in its history will open its plenary for a conference of a group of female Parliamentarians […]

On Friday 21 March 2014, WIP will be hosting a special session on “The Growing Role of Women in Parliaments in Africa”, in the framework of the Crans Montana African Women’s Forum at the Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, Belgium.  Participants at the Panel Discussion are: Chair: Ms Silvana Koch-Mehrin, MEP and Founder of the […]

The Women in Politics Map 2014 launched by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women today shows that while progress on women’s political participation continues to be largely positive across the world, glass ceilings remain firmly in place for women at the highest levels. The Map, which presents the latest data on women in executive […]

The 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58) begins today in the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This annual gathering will be held until the 21 March with the purpose of addressing key issues related to women’s rights and gender equality. This year’s focus is the “Challenges and achievements in […]

On International Women’s Day 2014, Female Parliamentarians from all continents are sharing words of inspiration through the WIP project “Women in Parliaments, Inspiring change“. We believe that female political leaders are a great example for the next generations and therefore we are promoting their contributions to our society with this campaign. We want to give […]

Brussels, 8 March 2014 Many years ago, generations of women, inspired by Suffragettes such as Emmeline Pankhurst, Susan B. Anthony and Kate Richard first fought to bring the voices of women to Parliaments. They spread the voices of women through the world, to institutions, to businesses, to culture, to science, to the many vital components […]

Geneva, 4th March 2014 A one point five percentage point (1.5%) increase in 2013 of the global average of women members of parliament (MPs) marks a significant and encouraging trend that could lead to gender parity within 20 years if fully capitalized upon, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). In its annual analysis of statistics and trends […]