VIDEO: Joint Web Dialogue “Realizing Gender Equality in Parliament: Transforming Institutions, Delivering for all Women and Men”

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) will hold a joint Web Dialogue “Realizing Gender Equality in Parliament: Transforming Institutions, Delivering for all Women and Men”, taking place, Wednesday, 30 March 2022, from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST, via Zoom.

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

10:00 - 10:15 Opening remarks
Margareta Cederfelt, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Kateryna Ryabiko, ODIHR's First Deputy Director
Moderators:
Saša Gavrić, Gender Officer, OSCE/ODIHR
Hana Đogović, Programme Officer, OSCE PA

10:15 - 10:30 Presentation of ODIHR’s new ‘gender sensitive parliaments’ tool Realizing Gender Equality in Parliament: A Guide for Parliaments in the OSCE Region
Dr. Sonia Palmieri, ODIHR’s International Expert Policy Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra

10:30 -11:00 Reflections of Members of Parliament
Speakers:
Dr. Hedy Fry, Member of the House of Commons of Canada, OSCE PA Special Representative on Gender Issues
Klotilda Bushka, Member of the Parliament of Albania
Meg Munn, International Expert on Gender Sensitive Parliaments, former MP and Minister for Women and Equality, United Kingdom

11:00 - 11:45 Questions and answers

11:45 - 12:00 Closing remarks:
Ways forward – Five recommendations for OSCE parliaments
Dr. Yulia Netesova, Chief of Democratic Governance and Gender Unit, ODIHR