International Conference of Local Elected Women
On the initiative of Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor of Paris, and Anne Hidalgo, Deputy Mayor of Paris and Chair of the Standing Committee for Equality between women and men of UCLG, Anne Hidalgo, the City of Paris hosted, from the 30th of January to the 1st of February, the Global Conference for Local Elected Women: Gender Equality, a priority for global development.
During the two-days conference, the following topics were discussed:
- Participation of women in local decision-making
- The role of women in innovative financing and access to basic services
- Safer cities for women
This event gathered more than 500 participants from 78 countries. Among the speakers were Carolina Toha, Mayor of Santiago de Chile, Fatima Zahra Mansouri, Mayor of Marrakech, Tumukunde Hope, First deputy Mayor of Kingali and Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN Habitat.
On this occasion, Ewa Samuelsson, Deputy Mayor of Stockholm and Chair of CEMR Standing Committee for Equality, officially launched the website of the Observatory of the European Charter for Equality of Women and men in local life.
The conference resulted in the adoption of the “Paris Agenda”, a roadmap that outlines the necessary future steps to promote participation of women in decision-making positions in different areas: political, economic, social and cultural.
The Paris Agenda is available in English, French and Spanish.
The conference was jointly organized by the women’s networks of UCLG, Metropolis, UCLGA (NLEWA), FLACMA (RedLamugol) and CEMR and in partnership with the UN Women.
