NGO Mondo and the Estonian Foreign Affairs Committee invite You to the seminar

Women in Politics: Weaker Sex or Strong Actors?

Wednesday, October 19th 2016, 9:30-13.00, The Parliament of Estonia (Lossi plats 1a, Tallinn)

See the programme here, speakers here and register with the web form.

• Why and how to support women’s political participation home and abroad?
• What are the obstacles for women’s political participation?
• How does having more women in politics impact the society?
• Who has the right to decide for the women and talk on their behalf?

We will debate these questions with politicians and experts from Estonia and Nordic countries.

• Eva Biaudet (Finnish MP, Chairperson of Political Parties of Finland for Democracy – Demo Finland);
• Birgitta Ohlsson (Swedish MP and former Director of Swedish International Liberal Centre);
• Alexandra Rosén (Senior Director, The Women in Parliaments Global Forum);
• Daniel E. Schaer (Estonian Ambassador to Macedonia);
• Maryan Abdulkarim (Founding members of new feminist party in Finland);
• Helen Biin (Labour & Social Policy Analyst from Praxis, Estonian socio-economic research centre)

The list of experts will be finalized by October 1st 2016.

For more information contact:
Johanna Helin
NGO Mondo, Member of the board
+372 53490814
[email protected]