LONDON: A delegation of eight women members from Pakistan and Afghanistan will visit the UK this week to discuss women’s participation in politics, gender diversity and forced marriage, in the first trilateral parliamentary programme of its kind.
Whilst in the UK, they will meet with the Home Secretary Theresa May MP, and conduct a series of meetings with MPs, peers, civil society representatives and government officials. The four-day programme will be run by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch in collaboration with the parliaments of the UK, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It will cover a broad range of subjects, including approaches to legislating against early and forced marriage, enabling economic empowerment, the option of gender quotas, and women’s role in peace building and conflict prevention.
For the full story, published on 15 May 2012, see The News.
LONDON: A delegation of eight women members from Pakistan and Afghanistan will visit the UK this week to discuss women’s participation in politics, gender diversity and forced marriage, in the first trilateral parliamentary programme of its kind.
Whilst in the UK, they will meet with the Home Secretary Theresa May MP, and conduct a series of meetings with MPs, peers, civil society representatives and government officials. The four-day programme will be run by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch in collaboration with the parliaments of the UK, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It will cover a broad range of subjects, including approaches to legislating against early and forced marriage, enabling economic empowerment, the option of gender quotas, and women’s role in peace building and conflict prevention.
For the full story, published on 15 May 2012, see The News.