Martin Chungong
Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Chair of the IGC Global Board
Global Board
Gender equality is the responsibility of all and progress will only be achieved if we all play our part. We need to challenge those who have not been playing theirs.
I support the IGC Panel Parity Pledge.
I support the IGC gender-based violence pledge.
Personal Commitments
Make IPU Assemblies ever more gender-responsive, including by: a) Encouraging IPU Members to continuously improve gender equality in participation at Assemblies and ensuring they comply with existing statutory obligations; and b) Implementing a new framework to promote a sexism-free and harassment-free environment at IPU Assemblies starting in 2024.
Pursue efforts to ensure that gender equality is part and parcel of the IPU's work and functioning, with a specific focus on the empowerment of girls and young women as part of our Generation Equality engagement, in particular by: a) Conducting a gender mainstreaming workshop for all IPU programmes of support to parliaments in 2024, including the youth programme; and b) Organizing at least one activity in 2024 with a specific focus on diverse groups of adolescent girls and young women.