March 12, 2018
IPU celebrates International Women’s Day and calls for action to advance gender equality
Statement by Senator Gabriela Cuevas Barron, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Partner News
Statement by Senator Gabriela Cuevas Barron, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Beautiful, talented, successful and modest – the women of Turkmenistan achieve outstanding results but rarely talk about it.
Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women for International Women’s Day
Theme: “The Time is Now: Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives”
Unequal political representation of women in relation to men remains a problem all over the world. Just 23 per cent of the world’s members of parliament are women.
By Brechtje Kemp and Adina Trunk