Month: April 2015

(London, 27 April, 2015) A major report from UN Women, released today in seven locations globally, brings together human rights and economic policymaking to call for far-reaching changes to the global policy agenda that will transform economies and make women’s rights, and equality, a reality. It takes an in-depth look at what the economy would look […]

On 20 April, the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) and the Senate of the Republic of the United Mexican States officially announced the upcoming WIP Conference in Mexico, which will be held from 7 to 9 October 2015, in Mexico City. During the Press Conference, Luis Miguel Barbosa Huerta, President of the Senate of […]

Female leaders from all around the world attended the event “Women in power and decision-making: making a world of difference”, last 27-28 February in Santiago de Chile. The documentary of this high-level meeting is now available online: The following members of the WIP Advisory Board contributed to the 2-day conference in Chile: Lakshimi Puri, Deputy Executive Director […]

Women in Parliaments, participating in the WIP Summit 2015 “New Leadership for Global Challenges”, held in Addis Ababa on 23-25 March 2015, reaffirmed their commitment to implement, monitor and assess the SDGs and the Beijing Platform for Action to create equal and developed societies for all. The WIP Summit 2015 was organised by the Women in Parliaments […]