4 - 6 May 2016 Amman, Jordan

The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) in co-operation with the House of Representatives of Jordan hosted the WIP Global Summit at Jordan’s Parliament on 4-6 May 2016.

This Summit, co-organised with the OECD, provided a platform for the annual regional dialogue of the OECD’s MENA Transition Fund Project “Promoting Women in Parliaments and Policy-making,” which was launched at the end of 2015 in Egypt, Jordan and Morocco.

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The MENA Transition Fund promotes women's integration in public life and the policy-making process in Arab Countries in Transition (ACT).  It focuses on the use of open government and gender mainstreaming in parliamentary, electoral and local council operations. 

Jordanian Parliament, Amman, Jordan

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OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Public Life

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OECD-CAWTAR Report “Women in Public Life : Gender, Law and Policy in the Middle-East and North Africa”