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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move- THAT, this Senate notes the Report of the Senate Delegation to the Women Political Leaders Annual Global Summit held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 6th - 8th June, 2018 laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 21st June, 2018. We had a delegation of two Senators who were Sen. (Dr.) Agnes Zani and Sen. Mary Seneta chosen to attend the Annual Global Summit of Women Political Leaders. The Women Political Leaders’ Forum exists to ensure that there is an independent international non-partisan approach to the way leadership among women is considered. The mission of the Women Political Leaders (WPL) is to increase both the number and the influence of women in political leadership positions. Madam Temporary Speaker, let me start by thanking the Senate for allowing the delegation to attend this particular global forum. The forum was attended by about 300 women leaders in different capacities including the President of Lithuania who is a woman. She acted as a role model and created a lot of impetus and interest in the fact that women can rise up to the highest levels of leadership including being presidents of countries. Her Excellency Dalia gave a keynote address. In the address, she highlighted some of the areas that have discouraged women in leadership including economic issues considering various political landscapes and she set the pace for the discussion. The proceedings of this particular global summit were done through plenary sessions and discussions. There was also a key session on policy which enabled leaders to share experiences. So, it was a forum to allow leaders to speak to each other and about each other, evaluate and compare the situations in different countries, motivate each other and find ways and means of increasing the numbers in the various parliaments. As you might know, the dream of equality has not yet been attained. In many parliaments, women leaders spoke of the various efforts including quotas and affirmative action to increase the numbers while in other parliaments it is through elective processes and women are struggling to come to the fore. All in all, just to highlight, some of the issues that were discussed dealt with technology and changing role of technology; the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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