Women's Political Participation – Making Gender Equality in Politics a Reality

About the event :


At the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, women political leaders will strongly call for increasing women’s political participation and decision-making across the world. Stressing that women’s participation is essential in all contexts — during peace, through conflict and post-conflict, and during political transitions — the leaders will sign on to a joint statement, as a call to action, with concrete recommendations on ways to advance women’s political participation. The event will be webcast live.

PARTICIPANTS

H.E. Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

H.E. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States of America

Rt. Hon. Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

H.E. Roza Otunbayeva, President of the Kyrgyz Republic

Lilia Labidi, Minister of Women’s Affairs, Republic of Tunisia

Helen Clark, Under-Secretary-General and Administrator, UN Development Programme

Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women