A delegation from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and Legislators from across the Commonwealth attended the 150th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 5 to 9 April 2025.
Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians
International Women's Day
Worldwide
Event Details
Date: 8 March 2022
Location: Worldwide
Overview
International Women's Day is celebrated every year on 8 March. It is an opportunity to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and issue a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
Women in Parliament
CPA Resources
Watch | CWP Video Masterclasses
The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) network has a range of video masterclasses available to support capacity-building and knowledge sharing between Parliaments on gender issues including combatting violence against women and girls, legislating for gender equality and gender budgeting in legislation.
Check out our YouTube playlist with all our gender masterclasses. Use the 'Playlist' button in the top right of the video player to browse all our videos.
Listen | Julia Gillard: Vaccine Inequality, Women in Politics and the Commonwealth
On a special episode of 'Parliamentary Conversation in the Commonwealth, a podcast from the CPA, Julia Gillard, the first woman Prime Minister of Australia, sat down with CPA Secretary-General and former UK MP, Stephen Twigg, for a wide-ranging conversation.
They discussed her experiences as a woman in political leadership, the impact of affirmative action on gender equality in Parliament and the difficulties that women in parliamentary workplaces continue to face.
Listen on all podcasting platforms ->
Act | CWP Anti-Harassment Policy Guidelines: A Toolkit for Commonwealth Parliaments
The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) network has produced Anti-Harassment Policy Guidelines for Commonwealth Parliaments. The guidelines are designed to help Parliaments, regardless of their experience or size, to promote and maintain an internal working environment that has a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of harassment.
Download the guidelines ->
Read | The game-changing women leading human rights movements around the Commonwealth
The CPA invites Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and Kaleidoscope Trust (KT) to tell us more about the Commonwealth Equality Project and share examples of women who are making a difference and leading human rights movements around the Commonwealth.
Read the blog ->
Contact Us
Let the CPA know how your Parliament is celebrating International Women's Day
If your Parliament is hosting an event or launching a new initiative to mark International Women's Day this year, we'd love to know about it!
Let us know about your plans for International Women's Day by contacting us via our website.
Useful Links
Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians
The CWP works to increase gender equality in 180 Parliaments and Legislatures across the Commonwealth.
Belize Women's Parliamentary Caucus
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