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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "during this Conference; that the SG took the opportunity to address the under- representation of young women in parliaments, emphasizing that their contributions were indispensable in advancing the SDGs, through digital transformation and innovation. He underscored the crucial role of young women and called for increased efforts to ensure their meaningful participation in parliamentary processes. The reason the young women were singled out must have been because, it is very easy for women to be left behind in digital transformation. It is my view that as our systems get more digitized and become more technologically efficient, it is important that women are carried along. If you look at what is happening now, commerce and trading has gone digital and everything, including the service delivery by governments has gone digital. Unless we carry the women along in this digital transformation, women will always take the shorter end of the stick in this transformation. That is why this Conference addressed issues of how the young women can be carried along, including those who are in parliaments in order to ensure that their role as women parliamentarians becomes meaningful, even as people participate in parliamentary processes. Right now, you might find that the people who can follow the proceedings even in these Parliament, are those who are digitally aware or are digitally informed. Therefore, it is important that as we go on, parliaments should become centres where the skills of those who are serving within parliaments are improved in this digital technology and transformation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the resolutions that have been arrived at during this Conference should actually be turned into action, so that we do not have conferences being attended to, resolutions being drawn and no action being taken. We need to be in a place where we say, from resolutions now to action, from action to impact so that, the resources being used in these global conferences can become a reality to the citizens of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I once again congratulate the team that represented Kenya in this IPU Global Conference. I hope that this will impact the other young parliamentarians within our jurisdiction. With those remarks, I now second this Motion. I thank you."
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