19 Sep 2011 - 19 Sep 2011 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building, UN Headquarters, New York
About the event :
At the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, women political leaders made a strong call for increasing women’s political participation and decision-making across the world. Stressing that women’s participation is essential in all contexts — during peace, through conflict and post-conflict, and during political transitions — the leaders signed on to a joint statement, as a call to action, with concrete recommendations on ways to advance women’s political participation.
PARTICIPANTS
- H.E. Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil (read her speech)
- The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
- H.E. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States of America (read her speech)
- Rt. Hon. Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission (read her speech)
- H.E. Roza Otunbayeva, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Lilia Labidi, Minister of Women’s Affairs, Republic of Tunisia
- Helen Clark, Under-Secretary-General and Administrator, UN Development Programme
- Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (read her speech)
TWITTER
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