Calendar
UCLG-MEWA Newsletter-5

Gender Equality

  • Chair: Anne Hidalgo, First Deputy Mayor of Paris, France
  • Increasing the number of women in local government, and keeping the needs of women in mind when developing policies and services, is essential to achieving the goals of sustainable development.
  • At the meeting of the Executive Bureau in Rabat, and following the request by women representative, it was decided to transform the UCLG Committee on Gender Equality into a permanent Committee that would not only ensure follow up of issues of relevance for the international gender agenda but that would also ensure the mainstreaming of gender in the organization of UCLG.
  • The Standing Committee on Gender Equality that is chaired by Ms. Anne Hidalgo, Deputy Mayor of Paris (France) will focus on the participation of women in decision making, women’s access to services, safer Cities for Women and the mainstreaming of gender in UCLG work.