The first UN conference, a two-day meeting in Thimphu saw senior government officials, mostly women, from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Norway and Nepal, discuss the promotion of women’s political leadership and governance in India and south Asia. The participants and presenters debated the value of a quota for Bhutan.
UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) regional program director, Anne F Stenhammer, said quota for women to partake in politics was not important.
“But what’s important, is women’s rights and correct decision making in the society,” she said, adding, in some countries, it had proven to have brought about change in women’s participation in politics and leading the country. “Even in terms of growth of a nation’s happiness and development.”
Read the complete story at KuenselOnline, published 5 March 2012.
The first UN conference, a two-day meeting in Thimphu saw senior government officials, mostly women, from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Norway and Nepal, discuss the promotion of women’s political leadership and governance in India and south Asia. The participants and presenters debated the value of a quota for Bhutan.
UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) regional program director, Anne F Stenhammer, said quota for women to partake in politics was not important.
“But what’s important, is women’s rights and correct decision making in the society,” she said, adding, in some countries, it had proven to have brought about change in women’s participation in politics and leading the country. “Even in terms of growth of a nation’s happiness and development.”
Read the complete story at KuenselOnline, published 5 March 2012.