PRESS BRIEFING BY MONICA GRAYLEY,?SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MAR?A FERNANDA ESPINOSA

United Nations Headquarters, New York

13 March 2019

[As delivered]

Good afternoon, everyone!

PGA AND HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT RELEASE CALL FOR ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN IN POWER

The Office of the President of the General Assembly has?today?released a?‘Call for Action’?following the High-Level Event “Women in Power”, which was held yesterday at the GA Hall. The document was signed by President María Fernanda Espinosa, Heads of State and Government in their personal capacities as international leaders, and other participants. The Call for Action plan has eight points:

  1. Lead by example by mentoring young women to strengthen their capacity to participate in politics;
  2. Identify and work with champions all over the world to push for national actions required to empower women and give the opportunity to participate as leaders in politics;
  3. Create synergies and strengthen the networks that encourage women to participate in politics and support the sharing of knowledge and experience;
  4. Promote legal frameworks including laws and policies to ensure the full participation of women in politics without discrimination;
  5. Develop specific measures to address violence against women in politics in all its forms and manifestations;
  6. Adopt policies that ensure women’s equal participation in the economy and in society at large, including shared parental leave, and access to quality child care as investments that create a better future for all of us;
  7. Give priority to girls’ education and the economic empowerment of women as key ingredients for women to achieve their full potential;
  8. Create an environment where gender equality is respected, and inclusion is part of the organizational culture in all spheres of society;

The document also states that:?“Women’s leadership is needed more urgently than ever to address global challenges from climate change to arms race to rising inequality. And: “As the world becomes more divided, women’s voice against conflict, stereotypes and discrimination will have to be louder than ever.”

The Call for Action plan was signed by:

H. E. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the United Nations General Assembl

H. E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi?, President of Croatia

H. E. Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of the Republic of Estonia

H. E. Dalia Grybauskait?, President of Lithuania

Rt.? Hon. Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal

H. E. Paula-Mae Weekes O.R.T.T., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

H. E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland

H. E. Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar?Museums

H. E. Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice and Chair of the Elders

H. E. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

H. E.? Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia H. E. Marina Pende?, Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina

H. E. Dr. Diene Keita, Minister for Cooperation and African Integration, Republic of Guinea Major General

Alenka Ermenc, Chief of General Staff of the Slovenian Arm Forces

Ms. Muniba Mazari, Artist, Humanitarian and National Ambassador for 蘑菇视频 Women Pakistan

For more information including the number of people who attended the event yesterday, please go to our website: un.org/pga/73 ?

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PGA’s AGENDA AND OTHER ISSUES:

This morning, the PGA met the Ambassador of Yemen to the 蘑菇视频, H.E. Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi and the Permanent Representative of Syria, H.E. Bashar Ja’afari. Ms. Espinosa will also have separate bilateral meetings with the Minister of Women and Gender Equality of Chile, H.E Isabel Pla, the Minister of Women of Dominican Republic, H.E. Janet Camilo, the President of the Senate of Bolivia, Mrs. Adriana Salvatierra and the Ambassador of Bahrein, H.E Jamal Fares Alrowaiei.

#WOMENINPOWER: NUMBER 1 TRENDING TOPIC ON TWITTER

And finally: I am very pleased to inform?you?that yesterday, thanks to you and all?of the?participants who used the #WomenInPower, this trended?at?the top of the global Twitter,?becoming the most tweeted issue around the world at lunch time here in New York. Our thanks also to 蘑菇视频 TV and 蘑菇视频 Webtv which broadcast live the Press Conference of the PGA with the Heads of State and Government live on their social media channels as well as the ones of the 蘑菇视频 and 蘑菇视频 News. And of course, many thanks to 蘑菇视频CA for covering the event. You can check the PGA’s videos on our YouTube account @unitednationsga73.

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