“Women in politics: how to progress towards equality?” - Regional conference
05/07/2018
Rabat – The Venice Commission was invited to participate in the Regional Conference on “Women in politics: how to progress towards equality?” organised by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) at the invitation of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Ms Herdis Thorgeirsdóttir, 1st Vice-President of the Commission, contributed to the following subject: “Mechanisms to promote the representation of women”; Ms Lydie Err, Chair of the Venice Commission Sub-Commission on gender equality contributed to the session devoted to: “The role of political parties”.
This Conference was organised in the framework of the joint Council of Europe-European Union programme "Ensuring Sustainable Democratic Governance and Human Rights in the Southern Mediterranean", South Programme III.