National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong is participating in ahost of activities at the ongoing 131st Inter-Parliamentary Union(IPU) Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
Running from October 12-16, the event saw the attendance of about 800law-makers from about 141 countries, including 104 parliament speakersand vice speakers, and 218 female parliamentarians.
Themed “Achieving gender equality, ending violence against women”, theevent evaluated and analysed activities and influence of theorganisation in the process of enhancing the engagement of women inpolitics.
IPU has led in updating the number offemale law makers as well as coming up with effective recommendations onmeasures to improve legislative and policy systems to raise women’svoice on the political stage.
IPU is currently thelargest inter-parliamentary union in the world with 165 member states,covering various areas such as security, economics, democracy and theenvironment.
Earlier, about 180 youngparliamentarians aged 37 years old averagely from all over the worldattended the IPU conference for young parliamentarians in Geneva onOctober 10-11, aiming to encourage the full involvement of the youth inpolitical issues.
Currently, under-30 year oldparliamentarians account for less than 2 percent of the total parliamentmembers in the world.
The event called on them totake a greater part in political decisions in national and internationallevels, including the sustainable development goals that will replacethe millennium development goals that will be expired in 2015.-VNA
Running from October 12-16, the event saw the attendance of about 800law-makers from about 141 countries, including 104 parliament speakersand vice speakers, and 218 female parliamentarians.
Themed “Achieving gender equality, ending violence against women”, theevent evaluated and analysed activities and influence of theorganisation in the process of enhancing the engagement of women inpolitics.
IPU has led in updating the number offemale law makers as well as coming up with effective recommendations onmeasures to improve legislative and policy systems to raise women’svoice on the political stage.
IPU is currently thelargest inter-parliamentary union in the world with 165 member states,covering various areas such as security, economics, democracy and theenvironment.
Earlier, about 180 youngparliamentarians aged 37 years old averagely from all over the worldattended the IPU conference for young parliamentarians in Geneva onOctober 10-11, aiming to encourage the full involvement of the youth inpolitical issues.
Currently, under-30 year oldparliamentarians account for less than 2 percent of the total parliamentmembers in the world.
The event called on them totake a greater part in political decisions in national and internationallevels, including the sustainable development goals that will replacethe millennium development goals that will be expired in 2015.-VNA
