Author: WIP Office
On 6 November 2015, Empower Peace, a US-based international non-for-profit organisation dedicated to bridging cultural and communication divides between young people worldwide, in partnership with the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP), brought 75 young women to the European Parliament. The event was hosted by the Member of the European Parliament, Hilde Vautmans. The Women2Women […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) aims to strengthen the network between high-level women leaders across the Asia Pacific. During the APEC Summit in Manila, Philippines, WIP hosted once more, with the support of Merck, a select group of female leaders from business and politics, participating in the APEC Summit. The President of the Republic of […]
On 12 November 2015, the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP), in cooperation with the World Bank Group Brussels office, hosted a round table lunchtime discussion on the findings of the World Bank Group flagship report “Women, Business and the Law 2016: Getting to Equal”. Speakers included Heidi Hautala, Member of the European Parliament and […]
The flagship event of the Thomson Reuters Foundation – Trust Women conference – will be held on 17-18 November in London. This conference is committed to find real solutions to empower women and to fight slavery worldwide. This annual event brings together 600 delegates from around the world at the highest level from global corporations, […]
On 13 October, the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) held a meeting jointly organised with the Italian Senate (Senato della Repubblica) and Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) at the EXPO Milano 2015. “Feeding the Planet, Energy for life” was the core theme of Expo Milano 2015 which provided an opportunity to reflect upon, […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) held a debate on 20th October 2015 in the Palace of Westminster. The cross-party high-level panel, consisted of: Mary Creagh MP – Former Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Caroline Flint MP – Former Minister for Public Health Stephen Kinnock MP – Former Director for the World […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) have set up a WIP Working Council. Its purpose is to work with the recently adopted Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, which calls for Members of Parliaments to assist in its implementation at all levels. The WIP Working Council was launched […]
The WIP Mexico Summit 2015 “Make it happen!”, co-hosted by the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) and the Mexican Senate, has concluded after 3 days of exchanges on best practices to get more women into positions of influence and power. The Summit was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, from 7 […]
The President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto has contributed to the Women in Parliaments Global Forum’s campaign “We need more Women in Parliaments and as political leaders because…”, in the context of the WIP Mexico Summit 2015, held from 7 to 9 October in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City (Mexico), co-hosted by the […]
On the occasion of the international community’s adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) is pleased to join over twenty leading business organizations, civil society organizations and UN agencies in calling on governments around the world to take action to remove barriers to women’s economic empowerment. Women face legal […]
The global network of female politicians to design in Mexico new strategies for getting more women into power The WIP Mexico Summit is co-hosted by the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) and the Mexican Senate and will mark the 40th anniversary of the First World Conference on Women. Dates: 7-9 October Venue: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mexico DF, […]
The W20, an engagement group of female leaders under the auspices of the G20, was launched on Sunday 6th September 2015 in Ankara (Turkey), where Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from the G20 were meeting for discussions on the global economy. The group of female leaders aims to work toward empowering women and ensuring […]
Lucero Saldaña Pérez, Member of the Mexican Senate and WIP Ambassador, contributed to the The Huffington Post’s series “What’s Working: Sustainable Development Goals”. The proposed set of milestones for achieving sustainable development will be the subject of discussion at the UN General Assembly meeting on September 25-27, 2015 in New York. The below article addresses […]
Linda Lanzillotta, Vice President of the Senate of the Italian Republic and WIP Ambassador, contributed to the The Huffington Post’s series “What’s Working: Sustainable Development Goals” . The proposed set of milestones for achieving sustainable development will be the subject of discussion at the UN General Assembly meeting on September 25-27, 2015 in New York. The below article addresses SDG 2 (End hunger, achieve food security […]
Tarja Halonen, Former President of Finland and Member of the WIP Advisory Board, contributed to the The Huffington Post’s series “What’s Working: Sustainable Development Goals” . The proposed set of milestones for achieving sustainable development will be the subject of discussion at the UN General Assembly meeting on September 25-27, 2015 in New York. __ At the end of this month, world […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP), the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) are developing a toolkit to support female parliamentarians in their work on taxation in their national contexts. Taxation is the biggest source of public finance and in developing countries taxes raise up to ten times […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) is glad to announce Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, as a Member of the WIP Advisory Board. Irina Bokova is the Director-General of UNESCO since 15 November 2009, and reelected for a second term in 2013. She is the first woman to lead the Organization. As Director-General of […]
A Delegation of the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) is participating in the High-level Political Forum on sustainable development this week in New York. The HLPF is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development. It provides political leadership, guidance and recommendations. It follows up and reviews the implementation of sustainable development commitments and, […]
WIP is co-hosting two side-sessions during the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, 13-16 July 2015. Side Event for Female Parliamentarians on Domestic Resource Mobilisation for the SDGs Time and location: 13 July, 15:30-18:00, Elilly Hotel. Participants: Female Parliamentarians The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP), in partnership with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) […]
On the occasion of the OECD Forum 2015 “Investing in the Future: People, Planet, Prosperity” (2-3 June), WIP organised a meeting between female Parliamentarians present at the Forum and Mari Kiviniemi, OECD Deputy Secretary-General and former Prime Minister of Finland. This informal discussion enabled participants to exchange on the importance of gender equality and women’s […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) was invited to administrate the social media accounts of the European Year for Development from 18 to 24 May, which was a unique opportunity to promote the conversation on the importance of including more women in peace processes. Female Parliamentarians from all around the globe, as well as members of the […]