Vietnam highlights gender equality at IPU meeting

Giau said over the past year, IPU has actively promoted gender equality and empowerment of women, which have helped ensure sustainable and comprehensive development in each country and the whole world as well.
He held that women have played an increasingly important role in the political, economic and social life as well as in the maintenance of peace and security, process of peace building and reconstruction, and settlement of global challenges.
The legislator said the IPU hopes for countries’ engagement in the global development agenda in line with the spirit of the 132th IPU Assembly’s
Giau also said
During the meeting, participants approved the agenda and report of the 274th meeting in
They also touched upon the agenda of the 136th IPU Assembly, as well as a number of issues related to personnel, finance and strategy of the IPU in the 2017-2021 period, along with matters regarding the organisation of the 137th IPU Assembly in Russia’s Saint Petersburg on October 14-18, and amendments to the IPU Charter and regulations.
At the same time, the participants also focused on three major issues: the formation of a high technology centre connected with parliaments across the world, the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Global Democracy Statement, and the increase of youth’s engagement in the IPU.-VNA