CWP Roundtable: Gender Sensitive Parliaments in the 21st Century (CAA Region)

Event Details

Date: 7 October 2021

Time: 15:30 - 17:00 GMT +1 

Location: Online

The CWP is an active advocate for the representation of women in Parliament, seeking to ensure parliaments are gender-sensitive institutions. In 2020, the CWP published a new set of guidelines, titled CWP Gender Sensitising Parliaments Guidelines: Standards and a Checklist for Parliamentary Change, to highlight the importance of gender sensitising across all Parliaments in the Commonwealth. This work sought to update the previous work developed by the CPA in 2001. The CPA worked with Prof. Sarah Childs, a leading expert in this field in developing this updated resource.

Throughout 2021, the network has built on this initial work by delivering its Gender Sensitive Parliaments in the 21st Century Project. This project commenced in early 2021 through the roll-out of nine regional roundtables. Each roundtable is an opportunity to introduce Parliamentarians (of all genders) to the Guidelines. This will be a prelude to supporting Parliaments across the  Commonwealth in conducting self-assessment reviews as well as supporting individual Parliaments in implementing follow-up recommendations.

This is the 6th event in the roundtable series, focussing on the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic (CAA) Region. Roundtables have already been held for:

• Africa Region
• Pacific Region
• Asia Region
• South-East Asia Region
• Australia Region
• India Region

Moderator

Sarah Childs, Professor of Gender and Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and author of the CWP Gender Sensitising Parliaments Guidelines: Standards and a Checklist for Parliamentary Change

Registration

This roundtable is an invitation-only event for CPA Members. If you are a Parliamentarian or parliamentary official from a Member branch of the CPA CAA Region and you would like to attend this event, please email benite.dibateza@cpahq.org.