Maja Riniker calls for inclusive and sustainable peace

Maja Riniker with the secretary general of UIP Martin Changing this Monday in Geneva.

Photo: KEYSTONE/MAGALI GIRARDIN

‘Peace cannot last if it is built without women.’ The president of the National Council Maja Riniker called for inclusive governance by opening on Monday in Geneva the 15th Summit of Presidents of Parliament. Similarly, organized by the Interparliamentary Union (UIP).

Too often, women remain excluded from peace processes and crucial decisions. For example, This exclusion undermines the legitimacy. effectiveness of the results, regretted the Argovian, according to the written version of his speech. However, it is women and girls who suffer from the most conflicts and instability.

And the elected PLR to deplore the alarming ‘increase in violence against women. This violence is used ‘strategically’ in conflict zones. but it is also disseminated in our homes maja riniker calls inclusive sustainable via digital platforms’, she noted.

‘These realities highlight the urgency of integrating solid mechanisms taking into account gender issues in our policies. The persistent negative norms of masculinity that perpetuate exclusion. conflict policy remain obstacles that we must actively dismantle, ‘noted Ms. Riniker.

This one -day summit brought together more than 300 participants from 37 countries, including around thirty presidents of national parliaments. At the end of their debates. the leaders had to adopt a final declaration aimed at ‘enlightening’ the World Conference of Presidents of Parliaments which begins Tuesday in Geneva.

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