Forum of Women Parliamentarians

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ipu president

08/03/2024

Statement of the IPU President in Celebration of International Women's Day 2024- (Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress)

Statements

Women in parliament 2023

In 2023, progress on women’s representation in parliament was slow and mixed. Globally, the share of women MPs stood at 26.9% on 1 January 2024 – only 0.4 percentage points higher than it was 12 months earlier. This represented a similar rate of progress as in 2022, but slower than in the preceding years.

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Year of publication:

2024

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ipu146

27/03/2023

IPU elects new Presidents of young MPs and women MPs

News in brief

141 Speech: Susan Kihika, President, Bureau of Women MPs, General Debate, 14 Oct. 2019, Belgrade

Document type:

Speech

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Country:

Kenya

IPU structure:

Assembly

Forum of Women Parliamentarians

Speech 140: Opening remarks, Susan Kihika, President Women MPs Forum

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Speech

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IPU structure:

Assembly

Forum of Women Parliamentarians

IPU Assembly

28/03/2018

MPs condemn hate crimes against migrants and refugees

Press releases

New York,
United States

Language English

Country

United States of America

IPU structure

Forum of Women Parliamentarians

Membership of Standing Committees

Document type:

Statutes and rules

Document file:

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IPU structure:

Committee on Peace and International Security

Committee on Sustainable Development

Committee on Democracy and Human Rights

Committee on United Nations Affairs

Executive Committee

Gender Partnership Group

Sub-Committee on Finance

Advisory Group on Health

Committee on Middle East Questions

Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians

Committee to Promote Respect for International Humanitarian Law

Forum of Women Parliamentarians

Bureau of Women Parliamentarians

Forum of Young MPs

Group of Facilitators for Cyprus

30/03/2016

New name for IPU women MPs’ group

News in brief

27/03/2015

Use collective power of MPs for gender equality

Press releases

05/09/2014

Women parliamentary leaders urge action on violence against women

Press releases

28/08/2014

Women parliamentary leaders focus on women's economic empowerment

Press releases

26/05/2014

Margaret Mensah-Williams, Namibia

Profiles

04/03/2014

Gender parity in parliament possible within 20 years, new trends show

Press releases

08/11/2013

High-Level Parliamentary Meetings to Push Forward on New Development Goals

Press releases

22/10/2008

Parliaments of the world say no to violence against women

Press releases

29/04/2007

Meeting calls for women's economic potential to be recognized and promoted

Press releases

07/05/2006

President of IPU Women Parliamentarians’ Meeting in Nairobi denounces rape and sexual violence during armed conflict, especially in Darfur

Press releases

26/04/2006

President Mwai Kibaki to open 114th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in Nairobi

Press releases