BRICS Women Parliamentarians’ Forum adopts Jaipur Declaration
The meeting of
women Parliamentarians from BRICS nations concluded recently in Jaipur.
- During the meeting the parliamentarians expressed
commitment to work together in the field of economic growth, social inclusion
and environmental protection.
- The Declaration calls upon international financial institutions to extend support to developing and least developed countries and help them gain easier access to new and affordable technologies as envisaged under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement.
- The Declaration mentions the need to address climate change and protection of ecological system and forest as well as food security, expeditious parliamentary approval of SDG related legislation and adequate budgetary resources.
- It also emphasizes on plans for incorporating gender concerns and greater involvement of women parliamentarians in integrating citizens in the development process.
- The need to inform and educate citizens about the developmental schemes and institutionalisation of the BRICS Women Parliamentarians’ Forum were also taken up in the declaration which was unanimously adopted.
