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A record number of women MPs attended the 128th IPU Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, breaking the 200 mark for the first time ever. The 210 women MPs at the Assembly represented 33 per cent of all MPs attending.
For the very first time, two women members of the Shura Council formed part of a Saudi Arabian delegation to an IPU Assembly. Dr Lubna Al-Ansary and Dr. Hanan Al-ahmadi attended the IPU’s 128th Assembly in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito this week.
NAIROBI, Kenya, 26 March 2013 / PRNewswire Africa / - The women's movement in
Remarks by Rebeca Grynspan
UN Under-Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator
The IPU Assembly (formerly known as the Inter-Parliamentary Conference) is the
Michelle Bachelet: “UN Women stands ready to support countries to turn agreement into action”
15 March 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that Michelle Bachelet had informed him of her intention to step down as head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality.The Secretary-G
At the conclusion of the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women welcomes the outcome of the meeting.
On the occasion of the anniversary of the International Day to End Violence against Women, NDI launched its program to strengthen the capacity of legislators and representatives, and help women establish cross-party mechanisms for collaboration, platforms for civil soci