Vietnam attends the World Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament

From today (December 11), National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended the 11th World Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament.

At the invitation of President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Saber Chowdhury and President of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates, starting today (December 11), National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will attend the 11th World Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament in the United Arab Emirates.

With the theme “Unite to shape the future”, about 50 female Speakers of Parliament from around the world will gather to discuss the role of parliamentarians and the participation of female Speakers of Parliament in addressing challenges for social progress and sustainable prosperity.

Founded in 1889 in Paris, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is an international organization of parliaments of sovereign states. With 171 members, 10 associate members and continuing to expand, the IPU is the center of parliamentary diplomacy around the world for peace and cooperation among peoples.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

The IPU focuses on six main areas of activity: strengthening representative democracy; promoting global peace and security; promoting sustainable development; promoting humanitarian law and protecting human rights; enhancing the role of women in politics; and enhancing dialogue and exchange on education, science and culture.

Participating in IPU activities is a top priority in the National Assembly's multilateral parliamentary diplomacy activities to promote and protect Vietnam's interests. At the same time, it consults international views and expresses national views on common global concerns.

As part of the IPU's activities, the World Conference of Women Speakers of Parliament is a meeting mechanism for female Speakers, first held on the occasion of the 2nd Summit of Speakers of Parliament in 2005 in New York, USA.

Since then, the Conference of Women Speakers of Parliament has been held annually with the aim of promoting gender equality, enhancing the role and participation of women in political activities, contributing to solving issues for girls and women such as protecting and empowering girls, and combating violence against women and children.

This conference is expected to have 50 female Speakers of Parliament from around the world. With the theme “Unite to shape the future”, this will be an opportunity for female Speakers of Parliament to mobilize the strength of solidarity, strive to share experiences, and establish and expand international cooperation networks. Discuss solutions to gender inequality and economic inequality, towards solidarity to promote global peace, security and sustainable development.

With many discussion sessions, there will be at least 4 discussion sessions related to solidarity such as: Solidarity to promote peace and security; solidarity to ensure prosperity for future generations; solidarity to protect a healthy planet; solidarity towards a more comprehensive society...

In Vietnam, as a member country of the United Nations, our Party and State always pay attention to implementing gender equality and gender equality, considering it an important legal and practical foundation for Vietnam to actively participate in international conferences on women.

The laws and policies ensuring gender equality and the development and progress of women issued and implemented in recent years have contributed to promoting the increasing participation and contribution of women.

Vietnam's Constitution and legal documents have been promoting the process of balancing the value of gender equality and have been highly appreciated by international friends for many decades.

The delegation of the National Assembly led by Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attending this conference continues to demonstrate the policy of active and proactive international integration; promoting the role and position of Vietnam and the Vietnamese National Assembly in regional and international parliamentary forums, while affirming the gender equality policy of our Party and State./.

According to VOV