MINSK, 19 September (BelTA) – Vice Speaker of the Council of the Republic, the head of the Belarusian Union of Women Marianna Shchetkina will participate in the Second Eurasian Women's Forum due in St. Petersburg on 19-21 September, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of the Belarusian Parliament.
Marianna Shchetkina is among the speakers of the plenary session of the forum “Women for global security and sustainable development”, the press service informed.
The forum will bring together women from more than 100 countries: MPs, representatives of the executive authorities, international organizations, business, academia, non-governmental organizations.
The program of the forum includes discussion panels, meetings and presentations to discuss the empowerment of women and their role in politics, the development of the digital economy, innovative development of the social sector. The forum will also focus on the role of women in ensuring environmental security, enhancing international cooperation, promoting charity and humanitarian projects.
The organizers are the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia.
