Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 6 September 2021, in Vienna, a delegation of Uzbekistan led by Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tanzila Narbayeva took part in the Summit of Women Leaders of Parliaments of the Member States of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, organized in cooperation with the Austrian Parliament. Republic and the United Nations.

During the event, issues of women’s participation in countering the consequences of the pandemic and in the post-pandemic reconstruction of countries were discussed, as well as effective parliamentary responses to pressing issues were considered.

The summit participants were informed in detail about the reforms carried out in Uzbekistan in the field of gender equality.

Particular attention is paid to the experience of Uzbekistan in supporting and encouraging the participation of women in the economic sphere, focusing on them economic incentives, grants, credits and loans, as well as education and training of girls and women as one of the priorities of the post-pandemic period.

The work on increasing the political activity of women in the republic was noted.

An agreement was reached that the next 14th Summit of Women Leaders of Parliaments will be held in 2022 in Uzbekistan.

An event of this magnitude with the participation of all women leaders of parliaments of the countries of the world will be organized for the first time in our country and in the region as a whole.

It was noted that the decision to hold the Summit in Uzbekistan is the recognition by the world community of the achievements of Uzbekistan in the development of parliamentarism, significant progress in gender policy, as well as the success of cardinal reforms on the path of democratization of society.