Participatory Gender Audit: Workshop for Latvia’s Parliament

As part of ODIHR's support to parliaments in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive, the Office is organizing a participatory gender audit workshop for the Latvian Parliament (Saeima).

The workshop aims to:

• Identify good practices and challenges in integrating a gender perspective into the parliament’s work, including related to representation, lawmaking and parliamentary oversight;
• Suggest 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 organizations. The workshop conclusions will be integrated into the full gender audit report with action-oriented recommendations, aiming to support the Saeima in drafting and adopting a parliamentary gender action plan.

Why is it important?

When parliamentary processes, regulations, mechanisms and organizational culture become more gender-sensitive, parliaments are able to deliver for all women and men better. Gender-sensitive parliaments are more representative, able to include a gender perspective in lawmaking and make sure that gender is taken into account when conducting oversight of the executive.

Learn more about this topic in ODIHR’s guide Realizing Gender Equality in Parliament, with good practices from 46 OSCE national parliaments, available in English, Russian and Montenegrin.

Contact

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