MALTESE PARTICIPATION IN FIRST MEETING OF THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FORUM OF WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS

MALTESE PARTICIPATION IN FIRST MEETING OF THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FORUM OF WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS

The Hon. Dolores Cristina, the Hon. Helen D'Amato, the Hon. Helena Dalli and the Hon. Rita Law will be attending the first meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of women parliamentarians which will be held in Naples between the 7th and 9th March 2000.

The initiative was decided upon within the Declaration on Euro-Mediterranean parliamentary cooperation, approved in Palma de Mallorca on 8th March 1999 by the Conference of the Speakers of Euro-Mediterranean Parliaments. The meeting will be presided over by Senator Ersilia Salvato, Deputy Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Italy, who will deliver a general introductory report.

The Maltese delegates will be participating in the three different working groups which will be set up, addressing the issue of "participation of women in political life, with regard to their role in the development of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership", "migratory flows", and "the protection of human rights".