Ligestillingsudvalget 2017-18
LIU Alm.del Bilag 54
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Dear Speaker Pia Kjaersgaard
Speaker of the Danish Parliament
Parliament of Denmark
Folketinget, Christiansborg
1240 Copenhagen
Denmark
Efstaleiti 5
Reykjavík 103
Iceland
Brussels Office:
Boulevard Charlemagne 96
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: +32 27 33 13 44
[email protected]
www.wpleaders.org
1 February 2018
Dear Speaker Pia Kjaersgaard,
It is our pleasure to inform you that the Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL)
the worldwide network of
female politicians
will hold the
WPL Summit 2018
in
Vilnius, Lithuania, on 6-8 June.
It is an honour for WPL and Seimas, the Parliament of Lithuania, to extend an invitation to you, as President of
Parliament, to
set up a delegation of female Parliamentarians from your country
to participate in this unique event.
The WPL Summit,
co-hosted by Seimas, the Parliament of Lithuania,
will bring together female Heads of State and
Government, Ministers, Parliamentarians and Mayors from all over the world. The WPL Summit 2018 is held under the
patro age of Dalia Gry auskaitė, Preside t of the Repu li of Lithua ia, a d i ooperatio ith the
Council of Women
World Leaders (CWWL).
President Dalia Gry
auskaitė is also the Chair of CWWL a d ill o e e CWWL's et ork of
women Presidents and Prime Ministers on this occasion.
In 2018, Lithuania celebrates a Centenary of the Restoration of the State and 100 years of women's voting rights
a
landmark political anniversary. Your country is invited to be part of a global event, highlighting women's empowerment
and potential. In this spirit, the WPL Summit provides the forum for exchange on best practices around the globe: of
leadership, legislation and political agenda-setting that creates results.
LIU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 54: Invitation til Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) Summit 2018 i Vilnius, Litauen, den 6-8/6-2018
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Past WPL Summits have each attracted several hundred female Parliamentarians
and other senior politicians to the
European Parliament in Brussels; Kigali, Rwanda; the African Union in Addis Ababa; Mexico City; Amman, Jordan; and
Reykjavik, Iceland.
Each WPL Summit is a special opportunity to take part in dialogues that reflect the influence of female
decision-
akers i today’s orld. I ooperatio
ith i ter atio al i stitutio s su h as the
European Institute of
Gender Equality (EIGE), the OECD, the United Nations,
and others, the WPL Summit 2018 programme includes an
outstanding selection of speakers and interactive discussions.
We are fortunate that plenary sessions will be hosted in the main Parliamentary hall of the Seimas of Lithuania. But as
space is limited, delegations can include a maximum of three Parliamentarians and one staff.
We hope that you will
accept our i itatio a d e look for ard to elco i g your cou try’s delegatio i Vil ius.
Yours sincerely,
Silvana Koch-Mehrin
President, Women Political Leaders Global Forum
Viktoras Pranckietis
Speaker of the
Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania