Six important learnings from gender equality champions in parliaments
Source: UNDP
It’s been more than 20 years since the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda. With support from the Government of Norway, UNDP recently convened members of parliament for a series of South-South knowledge exchanges on how the WPS Agenda can catalyze positive change, especially in the context of the COVID-19 response.
Members of Parliament from Bangladesh, Eswatini, Guatemala, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Tanzania attended. Despite differences in geography and development status, six common themes emerged, each highly relevant as UNDP debates its new gender strategy.
Click here to read the full article published by UNDP.
It’s been more than 20 years since the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda. With support from the Government of Norway, UNDP recently convened members of parliament for a series of South-South knowledge exchanges on how the WPS Agenda can catalyze positive change, especially in the context of the COVID-19 response.
Members of Parliament from Bangladesh, Eswatini, Guatemala, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Tanzania attended. Despite differences in geography and development status, six common themes emerged, each highly relevant as UNDP debates its new gender strategy.
Click here to read the full article published by UNDP.