About the event :

At the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, women political leaders will strongly 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 will sign on to a joint statement, as a call to action, with concrete recommendations on ways to advance women’s political participation. The event will be webcast live.

PARTICIPANTS

• H.E. Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
• 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
• Rt. Hon. Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
• 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