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UIPU Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Drafting Committee on the draft resolution on Mainstreaming digitalization and the circular economy to achieve the SDGs, particularly responsible consumption and production

Drafting Committee on the draft resolution on Mainstreaming digitalization and the circular economy to achieve the SDGs, particularly responsible consumption and production Zoom

CANA Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association

The Honourable Jane Cordy, Senator, attended this Committee meeting on Civil Dimension of Security to learn about Estonia’s experience in building resilience to disinformation and cyberthreats.

UIPU Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

On April 21, 2021, the Hon. Salma Ataullahjan, Senator, chaired a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on gender-sensitive parliaments and gender-responsive legal reforms. The Hon. Kim Pate, Senator, Ms. Iqra Khalid, MP, Ms. Yasmin Ratansi, MP, and Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen, MP, also attended the meeting, which was moderated by Ms. Sandra Pepera of the National Democratic Institute. In her opening remarks, Senator Ataullahjan noted that the theme of the session was of the utmost importance since crises are never gender neutral and often exacerbate existing inequalities. She also emphasized the important role the world’s parliamentarians can play in ensuring that their respective countries adopt a gender-sensitive response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, she observed that any response to the pandemic that does not consider gender equality will not be sustainable.

During the meeting, Canadian delegates heard from Ms. Esther Anyakun (MP, Uganda), Ms. Beatrice Duncan (UN Women), Ms. Zeina Hilal (manager of gender partnerships and youth participation at the IPU), Ms. Nahla Haidar (UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women), and Ms. Fiona O’Loughlin (Senator, Ireland). They also heard from their Asian, African, European and South American colleagues about measures being debated and implemented in their parliaments.

This meeting was the last of a series entitled “Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue on Gender-Responsive Recovery Post COVID-19.”

UIPU Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
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The 142nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) took place for the first time in virtual format. Over 750 parliamentarians from over 130 member parliaments debated the overall theme, “Overcoming the pandemic today and building a better tomorrow: the role of parliaments.” They also adopted two resolutions proposed by the Standing Committee on Peace and International Security as well as the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, elected new officers to various positions and participated in meetings of different subsidiary bodies among other agenda items.

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