Conf Theme: Peace & Security
The political upheaval in Belarus is an urgent reminder to assess more widely the important role of women rising, and in grasping the reins of political leadership. Women Political Leaders (WPL) and the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are organising a high-level panel discussion featuring the participation of women leaders who have upheld democratic ideals and […]
One of the places where women have been dramatically underrepresented is in national and international security and peace processes. To gather and amplify the voices of women leaders in such areas, WPL organises opportunities at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2020 for the 4th consecutive year. WPL’s roundtables provide an ideal environment for women leaders to discuss fundamental issues and to advance the position of women in such fields.
On the occasion of the Munich Security Conference 2019, Women Political Leaders and McKinsey & Company will be jointly hosting a high level roundtable and lunch on the 16th of February entitled, “A Man’s World? Leadership and Participation in International Affairs”. Across the world, the notion of the populist “strongman leader” is gaining traction on the false promise […]
Women are increasingly taking leadership roles in the debates and activities of not only securing defences, but also avoiding war and creating peace. WPL convenes these leaders in fora around the world. The Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) convenes these leaders in fora around the world. In February 2018, WPL is teaming with the Munich […]
The Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) will participate as a partner at Debating Security Plus, the 5th global online brainstorm organised by Friends of Europe from 26 – 28 September 2017. This brainstorming fits into the work of the WPL Council on Peace & Security Council. WPL, in cooperation with Friends of Europe, […]
Empowering Refugee and Migrant Women in the Integration Process The Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations have co-hosted a seminar entitled Empowering Refugee and Migrant Women in the Integration Process as a side event to the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72), on 21 September 2017 […]
WIP will organise two side-sessions during the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to attend the session. The […]
On April 25, 2017, the eve of the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Malta, the Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) and the Munich Security Conference (MSC), co-hosted a high-level meeting on Defence and Security under the patronage of Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, Pesident of Malta and of the Council of the […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum organised the side event ‘’Securing the Homeland: Non-Traditional Threats, Non-Traditional Solutions’’, held during the 53rd Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany, on February 18th. The event, which had the support of EY, took place in the Bibliothek of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich. Today, the lines between war and peace are more blurred than […]
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) is pleased to invite you to the high-level discussion ‘’Economic Cost of Violence Against Women’’, co-hosted by H.E. Ms. Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania and H.E. Ms. Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile. This event, organized by the Council of Women World Leaders […]
A delegation of six female Members of Parliament from Nigeria, Mali, Libya, Pakistan, Colombia and South Sudan, brought together by the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI), will join the World Bank Group’s Fragility, Conflict and Violence Forum on 1-3 March in Washington, D.C.. Despite calls from the international […]
WIP will join the Conference of Women Parliamentarians from South East Europe “Equal and Empowered – Stronger together”, next 2-3 March, at the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. Background The Women Parliamentary Network of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (WPN) was established on February 14, 2013 as an informal network […]