THE POWER OF WOMEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY - PART 2 - POLITICS

Interview with
5 Women Ambassadors
from 5 Continents
5 topics,
5 points of view
Good morning Diplomatic Life Magazine visitors,
Today we are celebrating the 8th of March - The International Women`s Day This is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
The main topic of our discussion is the Power of Women in 21st century. Interesting, important, and hot topic not only for today…
We will discuss with 5 Women Ambassadors, from 5 Continents, 5 topics, and we will present 5 different of similar points of view… Let`s see!
Our host today is H.E. Zakia El Midaoui, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the R. of Bulgaria, and a Dean of the African, Arabic, and French spoken Embassies.
Let me to present you our guests Ambassadors: H.E. Maria Edileuza Fontenele Reis, Brazil, H.E. Ms. Mariam Madiha Aftab, Pakistan, unfortunately she couldn’t share with us the amazing atmosphere of the Moroccan residency in person. She joins us online. H.E. Nataša BERGELJ, Slovenia, and H.E. Lina Omar, Iraq.
According the “Women in politics: 2021” map, created by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women, despite increases in the number of women at the highest levels of political power, widespread gender inequalities persist. Could Your Excellences share some positive trends of women empowerment in politics in your countries?
Regarding this topic we have a lot of brilliant examples from the countries of our guests.
Let’s start with the Ambassador of Slovenia. In the area of politics, Slovenia has for the first time a female President of the republic Mrs Nataša Pirc Musar.