Africa-Press – Angola. The Women’s Network of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) will work to achieve parity in decision-making bodies, said Wednesday (23), deputy Odeth Joaquim, at the end of the first meeting, held via zoom.
Speaking to the press, the deputy said that every day women are revealing their abilities to assume positions of high responsibility in the National Assembly and in the State apparatus.
According to the parliamentarian, to achieve this goal, the organization will start contacts with political parties in each member country, so that it becomes a reality.
He explained that the decision is on the agenda of this body, which also foresees the increase of women’s participation in electoral observation and in the materialization of their training plan for a better response to the missions entrusted to them.
The organization includes all Portuguese-speaking countries, namely Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Portugal, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and East Timor.
The rotating presidency of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries is led by the Guinean deputy Cadi Seidi, while Maria Odeth Costa Semedo is the organization’s secretary-general.
This network is an organism of the Parliamentary Assembly considered a space for consultation and cooperation, which watches over issues of gender equality and equity, with specific objectives and competences.
Among the competences, there is the defense and promotion of gender equality and equity in social, political and economic life in the CPLP universe, encouraging the training and empowerment of women parliamentarians, supporting the candidacy of women for the exercise of leadership, encouraging the implementation of public policies and legislation aimed at combating the feminization of poverty, sexually transmitted infections and the education of young people.
In addition to these attributions, there is also the discouragement of practices likely to cause physical and moral damage, as well as the improvement of the participation of women parliamentarians in processes of prevention of electoral conflicts.
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