Sentence examples for gender constituency from inspiring English sources
On an institutional level the women and gender constituency is very well organised, but delegations would take gender on as an "extra".
Noelene Nabulivou from Fiji, speaking in behalf of the Women and Gender Constituency, says, "I am from Fiji and in the frontlines of climate change.
Laurie Kaufman is the Senior Media Strategist for the Women and Gender Constituency at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21).
"Really, there are very few governments that are proposing genuine resolutions to move toward 1.5," said Kate Lappin, an Australian member of the Women and Gender Constituency to the UNFCCC, which has endorsed a 1.5 degree limit.
I've asked two members of the Women and Gender Constituency, an officially-recognized United Nations group, to talk about their experiences a the COP 21 climate talks in Paris as LGBTQ/GNC individuals: Lean Deleon, Women's Major Group and Cultural Officer for the New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP), and Maria Nailevu, DIVA for Equality (Fiji Islands).
When legislators vote, parties and constituencies matter most — but gender ratios matter too.
Through a comparison of the voting records of members of Congress representing the same geographic territory it holds constituency constantly while allowing for gender and party to vary.
Candidates for elected office were selected by councils established in each constituency and were subject to a gender-balance requirement.
"We wanted to broaden the constituency that takes responsibility for fighting for gender equality," U.N. Women executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told The Huffington Post.
Local secretary Alun Williams said the constituency needed the best candidate, regardless of their gender, and the local party was being "taken for granted".
Their evaluation showed that the GEIPD has a strong potential to empower its constituency, with its strong emphasis on protection against gender discrimination in employment, education, and distribution of resources and agency (24).
