MPs Mr. Christos Orphanides, members of the Cypriot delegation to the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (MPA), will travel to Lisbon the day after tomorrow, Sunday, to participate in the Founding Session of the MPA Women's Parliamentary Forum, which will take place on 4 and 5 July 2022. The delegation will be accompanied by the Senior Official for International Relations, Ms Georgia Neophytou.
During the Founding Session, the Statutes of the Women's Parliamentary Forum will be adopted, setting out its main objectives, namely promoting gender equality, establishing women's rights as fundamental human rights and ensuring gender mainstreaming in all policy areas.
Among the issues that will be addressed by the participants are the protection of refugee women in the MSM region, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on gender equality issues, women's equal access to the labour market and power structures, and the role of youth in achieving gender equality.
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