Day 1 of the #WPLSummit2023 closes with a family photo in the European Parliament.

Roberta Metsola, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Oby Ezekwesili, Mme. Sara Beysolow Nyanti

Women Political Leaders

I feel empowered to be in the presence of so many inspiring women political leaders at the Women Political Leaders #WPLSummit2023 in Brussels. Your leadership inspires me & emboldens me to continue fighting for all the brave women & men who are still held as political prisoners in Belarus.

#WPLSummit2023 Day 1 has come to an end.

Today, political leaders have shared powerful accounts of how conflict continues to disrupt countless lives and why there can be no durable peace without women at the table.

See you tomorrow for Day 2 at the Belgian Federal Parliament!

We are in Davos!

“One study... showed when a female CEO’s company is in trouble, news stories are much more likely to blame her as the source of the problem than if a male CEO’s company is in trouble.”

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#PowerTogether #Reykjavik22

It was an honour to award the WPL Trailblazer Award to the President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari at #Reykjavik22 .

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Speaking at the Reykjavik Global Women Forum, President Bhandari had a message for world leaders attending #COP27 in Egypt: Take responsibility for your role in climate change. trib.al/ONeKFlk

I am very honored to receive the Women Political Leaders Trailblazer Award. I accept it on behalf of all Belarusian women who refuse to give up even when they’re under threat, in prison or in exile. I am proud to be one of them. And I’m sure - our greatest reward is yet to come.

The World’s First Elected Female President Reflects On Breaking Barriers, Women’s Rights forbes.com/sites/stephani…

Democracy needs women! No democracy can be stable without the full participation of women, I told today at the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders Forum organized by Women Political Leaders. Brave Belarusian women remain on the front line of every attempt to rid our country of its illegitimate regime.

What a great day Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders! The conversations with #Women #Leaders reinforced the importance of collaboration between the public and private sectors in strengthening #healthcare systems and protecting public health.

Our own Agata Jakoncic Agata Jakoncic chaired an inspiring discussion with #WomenLeaders Amie Batson & Shereen Bahn WomenLift Health, Dendi Rickmers AVPN and more, at Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders - Women Political Leaders

As the world moves on from the pandemic it is critical to remain focused on sustainable immunisation to protect against further threats to global public health.

#Women play a key role in this!
Watch Day 2 of Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders here youtube.com/watch?v=PJLSIl…

Backstage w/ a lovely delegation from Spain + new friends Dr Anino Emuwa + Bergur Ebbi, + the singular Hanna Birna. I love meeting a woman Minister of Defense. Listening to La Ministra Margarita Robles talk about Women, Peace and Security Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders #powertogether #reykjavik22

📣Sima Bahous, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, and Hanna Birna on stage! talking about the 💕of the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders: 'more power to women, and more women in power!'
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Prime Minister of Iceland 🇮🇸 Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Executive Director of UN Women Sima Bahous speaking about the importance of #women ’s #leadership at the #Reykjavik Global Forum today. Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders #StrongerTogether #reykjavik22

Sima Bahous speaking about women's collective leadership and power, wielding it for a 'peaceful, prosperous, participatory' future, and the necessity to 'nourish and support' women's leadership. Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders #powertogether #reykjavik22

Thank you to the stellar panel at Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders Forum - Aya Chebbi Nyirasafari Espérance Geir H. Haarde. To summarize, we need political will, policies, cooperation btw genders, generations and “bad ass activism”!!