Power of Parity – Parity of Power: Why and how to increase the number of women in political leadership

This side event will be hosted by the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) and the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations on Monday, 14th March 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The side event will focus on the theme of advancing women’s political leadership. The launch of the exhibition of the WIP Leadership Campaign, which includes over 50 testimonials of male leaders will follow the side event. This will showcase WIP’s current Leadership Campaign, where 50 male Presidents and Prime Ministers to date gave their personal testimonial by completing the sentence: “We need more women in Parliaments and as political leaders because…”. For more information, click here.