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April 28 - 29, 2021
Seventh Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians: Post-COVID-19 Recovery: A youth-responsive approach
By videoconference
Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU)
Ms. Khalid was a featured panelist during the fourth session on economic empowerment. In her remarks, Ms. Khalid highlighted Canada’s efforts at empowering youth and mitigating the pandemic’s negative impact on youth employment. For the benefit of Canada’s future prosperity and post-pandemic recovery, she emphasized the importance of investing in programs that help Canadian youth find quality economic and employment opportunities in the private, not-for-profit and public sectors, as well as develop skills and access essential training. In particular, she noted the value of supporting young people from marginalized and racialized communities who already face multiple barriers and risk long-lasting consequences from the pandemic’s economic disruption.
The conference’s outcome document provides additional information on the deliberations, best practices and recommendations for action. Finally, the conference coincided with the launch of the IPU’S 2021 report on Youth participation in national parliaments; notably, the report highlights that the proportion of parliamentarians under the age of 30 remains “extremely low,” at only 2.6 per cent globally.
Canada hosted the Fourth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in 2017.
April 22, 2021
Drafting Committee of the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development
By videoconference
Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU
April 21, 2021
Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue on Gender-Responsive Recovery Post COVID-19: Gender-sensitive parliaments and gender-responsive legal reforms
By videoconference
Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU)
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.”
April 19, 2021
285th Session of the International Executive Committee of the IPU (Sixth sitting)
By videoconference
Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU)
April 14, 2021
Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue on Gender-Responsive Recovery Post COVID-19: Violence against women and girls
By videoconference
Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU)
During the meeting, Canadian delegates were able to hear from parliamentarians from Bangladesh, Bahrain, the Philippines, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Azerbaijan, Fiji, Nicaragua, Benin, Madagascar and Ecuador, and from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. The UN Under-Secretary-General, Ms. Pramila Patten, addressed participants through a pre-recorded video. Dr. Dubravka Šimonovic (UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women), Dr. Giovanna Lauro (vice president of Programs and Research at Promundo) and Mr. Khamsavath Chanthavysouk (policy specialist at UN Women) also made presentations.
This meeting was the second of a series entitled “Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue on Gender-Responsive Recovery Post COVID-19.”
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