Workshop on the Participatory Gender Audit of the Parliament of Malta

As part of support ODIHR provides to parliaments in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive, the Office is organising a participatory gender audit workshop for the Parliament of Malta on 27 and 28 September 2021.

The workshop aims to:

• identify good practices and challenges in integrating a gender perspective into the Parliament’s work;
• suggest concrete activities for the Parliament to become more gender-sensitive and lead by example to encourage similar steps by other institutions in the country.

The workshop targets members of Parliament and parliamentary staff, as well as representatives of civil society organization and key executive institutions. The workshop conclusions will be integrated into an audit report with concrete and action-oriented recommendations.

The gender audit for the Maltese Parliament is led by the ODIHR consultant Meg Munn, a former Minister for Women and Equality and a former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Why is it important?

Gender-sensitive parliaments better deliver for all women and men in society. Malta has launched important reforms related to women’s political participation and ODIHR’s gender audit is supporting these developments.

Contact

In case of questions, please reach out to Saša Gavrić, ODIHR’s Associate Gender Officer, sasa.gavric@odihr.pl.