“Women in Power: Challenges for the 21st Century”

The Group of Women Parliamentarians, as a constituent part of the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA), is preparing its next work meeting called “Women in Power: Challenges for the 21st Century”.

Linda Machuca, member of the National Assembly of Ecuador and President of the Group of Women elected in 2009, is in charge of organizing this continent-wide event.

It will take place in Quito, Ecuador, on August 11 and 12 (Wednesday and Thursday), 2010, at the National Assembly of Ecuador.

Its aim is to further develop Women Parliamentarians’ political skills from a gender and human rights perspective.

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Ottawa, April 4, 2009. On 2nd-3rd April, a delegation of the Group of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas participated in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the launching of the training programme for men and women candidates, hosted by the Canadian Parliamentary Center and MINUSTAH.

Under the leadership of Maria Estela de la Cruz,FIPA's vice-president for the Central American region, the women legislators shared their experiences with women candidates and members of women’s associations, with the purpose of providing them with hands-on experience on issues related to electoral campaigns, communication strategies, and reconciliation of political and family life, among other topics.

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Bogotá, November 22, 2008.  Some forty men and women parliamentarians left Bogotá today after having reaffirmed their strong commitment to fight for gender equality by developing laws and parliamentary initiatives during the Congress “Towards a Gender-Sensitive Legislative Agenda for Development in the Americas”, held on November 20 and 21 in the Colombian capital city.

“The global crisis affects women in particular, but crises can also provide opportunities”. This line appears in the final wording of the recommendations unanimously approved by the parliamentarians from Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia who met in the Senate of Colombia. “We must therefore work creatively so that the new order implemented is not just a minor change in the current order but major surgery based on a global and sustainable comprehensive vision that will allow the eradication of gender and other inequalities existing today.”

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