Category: Event Update
On December 20, the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) convened female Parliamentarians from 12 African countries in Nairobi, Kenya, for the first meeting of the WIP Council on Economic Empowerment. The Council meeting was organised in partnership with the African Development Bank. The meeting focused specifically on women’s property rights in Africa with the aim to […]
On November 28, the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) convened a group of female Parliamentarians from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the Lebanese Parliament. This meeting, hosted by the General Secretariat of the Lebanese National Assembly, was the first regional meeting of the WIP Council on Health, supported by Merck. The […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) and the EU Women Caucus organised the second event of the series of discussions “Leadership Journeys” with Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka (1994-2005). The event took place on 13 October, at the European Parliament. The EU Women Caucus aims to connect senior female leaders in Brussels […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) and the EU Women Caucus organised the first event of the series of discussions “Leadership Journeys” with Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO. The event took place on Tuesday, 4 October at the WIP Brussels office. The EU Women Caucus aims to connect senior female leaders in Brussels […]
The WIP Global Summit 2016 “Women in Politics: Fast forward” took place in the Parliament of Jordan in Amman, from 4 to 6 May. Over 200 female Parliamentarians gathered to discuss the most pressing issues on the global agenda. The first session of the meeting “Accelerating Towards Parity in Power – Defining the Power of […]
More than 400 female Members of Parliaments and Governments from around 80 countries will participate in the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) Summit 2016, from 4 to 6 May. The WIP Summit takes place in the Plenary Hall of the Parliament of Jordan. Under the title “Women in Politics: fast forward” the WIP Summit […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) in cooperation with the House of Representatives of Jordan will host the WIP Global Summit under the Dome of Jordan’s Parliament on 4-6 May 2016. This Summit, co-organised with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Council of Women World Leaders, will be first of its kind to […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) participated in the African Union Gender Pre-Summit on January 17-21, 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Summit was organized by the African Union Commission Directorate of Women, Gender and Development, the Gender is My Agenda Campaign (GIMAC), and AU partners, under the Presidency of H.E Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini […]
With the collaboration of national Parliaments and International Institutions, WIP has set up a great programme for 2016, including meetings in Amman, Paris and Washington D.C. Please save the dates in your agenda! WIP Global Summit 2016, 4-5 May; Amman, Jordan WIP, the Parliament of Jordan and the OECD will co-host the WIP Global Summit 2016 in the Plenary of the Jordanian […]
Despite calls from the international community, women still remain remarkably absent from the negotiation talks. The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) have developed a programme to facilitate the participation of female Parliamentarians in high-level global fora, with the support of USAID. The purpose of this project is to […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) organised a breakfast meeting with female leaders of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly on the 8th of December 2015, at the European Parliament. This meeting was co-hosted by Louis Michel, Member of the European Parliament, Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and former EU Commissioner for Development […]
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, […]