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W
OMEN IN
P
ARLIAMENTS
G
LOBAL
F
ORUM
(WIP)
S
UMMIT
2015
IN
M
EXICO
7-9 O
CTOBER
2015
M
EXICO
C
ITY
, M
EXICO
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DRAFT PROGRAMME AUGUST 2015
EVENT OVERVIEW
MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Influence and Power of Women in Parliaments
40 years ago, Mexico hosted the first World Conference on Women. Delegations from 133 countries
participated, out of which 113 were led by women. For the first time ever, 4000 representatives of NGOs
attended a parallel forum called International Women’s Year Tribune. The conference defined a World Plan
of Action including guidelines for the advancement of women. Today in Mexico, 39% of the seats in the
Mexican Congress are held by women, and 34.4% of the seats in the Senate. Women have influential roles in
Mexican politics. This did not come overnight: already in 1953, the Constitution enshrined the citizenship and
suffrage of women, as a result of long years of advocacy by women’s organizations. One year before the first
Conference on Women, in 1974, the Constitution was reformulated to establish equity between the sexes.
Recently, Mexico passed an amendment to its Federal Constitution stating that political parties should put in
place rules to ensure gender parity in the nomination of candidates in federal and local congressional
elections. The amendment is the first of its kind in Mexico and with this constitutional reform, Mexico joins
those countries that have enshrined gender equality and women empowerment directly in their highest legal
text, the national Constitution.
The WIP Mexico Summit 2015 will gather female Parliamentarians from all corners of the world to discuss
concrete steps for increasing the number of women in decision making. The WIP Mexico Summit will also
welcome Heads of State and renowned representatives from the public and private sectors. The event will
take place at the facilities of the Mexican Foreign Ministry on 7-9 October, in a joint effort undertaken by the
Mexican Senate, the Office of the President of Mexico, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and the Women in Parliaments Global Forum.
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DRAFT PROGRAMME AUGUST 2015
WIP MEXICO SUMMIT 2015
TUESDAY, 6 OCTOBER
W
ELCOME
D
ELEGATIONS
A
LL
D
AY
20:00-22:00 W
ELCOME
C
OCKTAIL
P
ATIO OF THE
O
LD
S
ENATE
H
EADQUARTERS
, X
ICOTÉNCATL
9, H
ISTORIC
C
ITY
C
ENTRE
WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER
Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Plaza Juárez #20, Col. Centro, Del. Cuauhtemoc, Distrito Federal CP 06010
08:00-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:30-10:45
10:45-11:45
11:45-13:30
Registration and Accreditation of Participants
O
PENING
C
EREMONY
Press Conference
C
OFFEE BREAK
K
EYNOTE
S
PEECH
P
LENARY
S
ESSION
M
AKE IT
H
APPEN
!
I
NFLUENCE AND
P
OWER OF
W
OMEN IN
P
OLITICS
Since the first World Conference on Women in 1975, women’s rights have become an
important political issue. Still, many challenges remain, especially as women are still under-
represented in political decision-making. This high-level panel discussion will review the
achievements of Governments and Parliaments around the world with regards to gender
equality in politics. Setting the scene for discussions to follow at the WIP Mexico Summit,
panellists will reflect upon the current levels of influence of female politicians and what still
remains to be done to achieve parity in politics on a global scale.
13:15-13:30
G
ROUP
P
HOTO
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DRAFT PROGRAMME AUGUST 2015
13:45-15:45
16:00-19:00
L
UNCH
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
P
ARALLEL
S
ESSIONS
PANEL 1: E
LECTORAL
P
ARITY AND
Q
UOTAS
– T
HE
M
EXICAN
E
XAMPLE
In many countries, there are still constitutions that have not ensured the right for women to
participate in politics. Consequently, women are little, or not at all, involved in political life.
What are the obstacles to the enjoyment of all the rights of women in politics and what could
be the solutions? In the case of Mexico, what are the trends of the political leadership and
the political will towards participation of women in politics?
P
ANEL
2: H
OW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN
T
RADE
& B
USINESS
Women are important economic actors as investors and drivers of entrepreneurial
development. Women also have a crucial impact on the multi-lateral trading system. This
session will address the solutions for ensuring further participation of women in economic
life by also pinpointing the fact that economic empowerment of women stimulates growth
and positively impact our societies at large.
PANEL 3: H
OW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WITH THE
S
USTAINABLE
D
EVELOPMENT
G
OALS
The United Nations General Assembly will adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
in September 2015. The WIP Mexico Summit provides the unique opportunity to review the
outcomes and to address the crucial issue of implementation, where Parliaments will play a
key role. Special attention will be given to the stand-alone goal on Gender Equality, as well
as financing Gender Equality for the SDGs through Domestic Resource Mobilisation.
PANEL 4: H
OW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WITH
P
EACE AND
S
ECURITY
In spite of the international agreements, today only 9% of the peace negotiators are women.
This session will address the importance of including women in peace and reconciliation
processes. Special attention will be given to the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the UN
Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, which was the first
Resolution to address the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women.
PANEL 5: H
OW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
: B
ETTER ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Better access to, and quality of, health care for women, children and elderly is a matter of
equality and needs global attention. This session will focus on research, testing and
knowledge based health decisions as the core of better functioning health systems.
Governments remain the main providers for the basic health care, and this session will
explore if there are other alternative providers that can secure better access and status of
health care.
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DRAFT PROGRAMME AUGUST 2015
T
RAINING
1: S
OCIAL
M
EDIA
T
RAINING FOR
F
EMALE
P
ARLIAMENTARIANS
Social Media platforms are a key tool for Parliamentarians to engage with stakeholder and
constituents. The Facebook’s Politics and Government Outreach Team will organize a training
session for female Parliamentarians that will improve the ability of the participants to use
Facebook to regularly engage people and build an audience. The Facebook Team will share
best practises, new features and tools to evaluate the success.
(In English for 20 participants – registration required)
20:00-22:00
G
ALA
D
INNER
Offered by the President of Mexico, including musical or cultural performance
Venue TBC
THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER
Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Plaza Juárez #20, Col. Centro, Del. Cuauhtemoc, Distrito Federal CP 06010
08:30-09:00
09:00-09:30
09:30-10:30
Welcome Delegations/Accreditation
K
EYNOTE
S
PEECH
P
LENARY
S
ESSION
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
40 Y
EARS AFTER THE FIRST CONFERENCE ON WOMEN
–
IMPACT AND ADVANCES FROM
1975
TO
2015
The first UN conference on Women defined a World Plan of Action, which offered a
comprehensive set of guidelines for the advancement of women. Since then, world
conferences focusing on women have been held in Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and
Beijing in 1995. To fully grasp the progress made since 1975, this plenary debate takes a
holistic approach to the impact of the guidelines, especially focusing on lessons learned. This
session will also highlight success stories and will welcome panellists who attended the
Mexico conference 40 years ago.
10:30-10:45
C
OFFEE
B
REAK
A
ND
S
CHEDULED
P
HOTOS OF
D
ELEGATIONS
11:00 – 13:00
W
ORKING
S
ESSIONS
W
ORKING
G
ROUP
1: V
IOLENCE AGAINST
W
OMEN
: S
TATUS
,
PROGRESS AND
C
HALLENGES
O
RGANISED BY THE
M
EXICAN
S
ENATE
Exploring different laws and regulation that prevent violence against women, this working
session will discuss the remaining risks and challenges of violence and discrimination
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against women. It will focus on the implementation of legal instruments that prevent
violence against women and promote women’s rights.
W
ORKING
G
ROUP
2:
D
ISASTER
R
ISK
R
EDUCTION
-
ENGAGING WOMEN FOR BETTER SOLUTIONS
O
RGANISED BY
UNISDR
Disaster affects men and women differently. Involving female Parliamentarians is a crucial
ingredient to building national and regional disaster resilience that also takes into account
gender-specific vulnerabilities. This working group will bring together Parliamentarians and
representatives from the Private Sector with the aim to catalyze disaster risk sensitive
investment. It will highlight the need to increase the understanding of disaster risk and to
create appropriate regulations. The working session will ultimately result in a set of
recommendations for the private sector on how to participate in the creation of necessary
policy and legislative frameworks.
W
ORKING
G
ROUP
3: M
AKING THE MOST OF NEW MEDIA TOOLS
O
RGANISED BY THE
N
ATIONAL
D
EMOCRATIC
I
NSTITUTE
This working session will focus on the role of women in media and political communications.
Especially focusing how new technologies have influenced women’s political participation,
the participants of this group will explore how the use of new media tools can boost female
participation in political life further.
W
ORKING
G
ROUP
4: T
AXATION
O
RGANISED BY
OECD
W
ORKING
G
ROUP
5: TBC
O
RGANISED BY
UN W
OMEN
/UNDP
W
ORKING
G
ROUP
6: TBC
O
RGANISED BY
W
ORLD
B
ANK
G
ROUP
T
RAINING
2: S
OCIAL
M
EDIA
T
RAINING FOR
F
EMALE
P
ARLIAMENTARIANS
Social Media platforms are a key tool for Parliamentarians to engage with stakeholder and
constituents. The Facebook’s Politics and Government Outreach Team will organize a training
session for female Parliamentarians that will improve the ability of the participants to use
Facebook to regularly engage people and build an audience. The Facebook Team will share
best practises, new features and tools to evaluate the success.
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DRAFT PROGRAMME AUGUST 2015
(In Spanish for 20 participants – registration required)
13:00-14:30
L
UNCH WITH
M
EXICAN
B
USINESS
L
EADERS
Venue: Terrace of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The lunch will include a showcase by successful women in Business and Mexican crafts.
14:30-19:00
F
IELD
V
ISITS
F
IELD
V
ISIT
1: N
ATIONAL
C
OMMISSION ON
H
UMAN
R
IGHTS
(CNDH)
F
IELD
V
ISIT
2: P
INEDA
C
OVALÍN
F
IELD
V
ISIT
3: N
ATIONAL
W
OMEN
’
S
I
NSTITUTE
(INMUJERES)
F
IELD
V
ISIT
4: M
INISTRY OF
S
OCIAL
D
EVELOPMENT
(SEDESOL)
F
IELD
V
ISIT
5: S
ENATE OF THE
R
EPUBLIC
F
IELD
V
ISIT
6: C
HAMBER OF
D
EPUTIES
20:00-22:00
D
INNER HOSTED BY THE
M
INISTRY OF
F
OREIGN
A
FFAIRS
Venue: Bankers Club
FRIDAY, 9 OCTOBER
Venue: Old Senate Headquarters
Xicoténcatl No. 9, Historic Centre
09:00-10:00
P
LENARY
S
ESSION
W
HAT SHOULD HAPPEN
?
Reflecting upon progress made since 2015, this high-level plenary session will explore in
detail the necessary next steps. Building on the lessons learned over the past 40 years,
pannellists will define the action plan for the next 40 years. Special attention will be given to
how Women in Parliaments can impact and influence future successes.
10:00-13:00
13:00-13:15
13:15-14:15
P
LENARY
S
ESSION
: S
TATEMENTS BY
H
EADS OF
D
ELEGATIONS
C
OFFEE
B
REAK
C
LOSING
C
EREMONY
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