Albania Diana Culi, President of the Independent Forum for the Albanian Women Andorra Jordi Puy, Secretary of the Andorran Delegation to the OSCE PA Armenia Elinar Vardanyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on
Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Ermine Nagdalyan, Vice Speaker of the Parliament
Austria Gisela Wurm, Chairperson of the Committee on Gender Equality Belgium Thibaut Cardon, European affairs and interparliamentary relations,
Belgian Senate
Bosnia and Herzegovina Davorin Semenik, Secretary of the Gender Equality Committee Bulgaria Penka Lyubenova, Adviser, Human Rights, Religion,
Citizens’ Complaints and Petitions Committee
Canada Nancy Ruth, Senator
Czech Republic Hlaváček Karel, Researcher
Denmark Gro Iversen, Secretary to the Committee on Gender Issues Estonia Laine Randjärv, First Vice-Speaker of the Estonian Parliament Finland Gunilla Carlander, Counsellor of International Affairs
France Isabelle Labernadie, Secrétariat de la délégation aux droits des femmes et à l’égalité des chances entre les hommes et les femmes de l’Assemblée nationale Georgia Rusudan Kervalishvili, Deputy Chair of the Parliament of
Georgia, Head of the Gender Equality Council
Germany Sibylle Laurischk, Chairwoman of the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Hungary Katalin Ertsey, MP, Green Party
55 A response was also received from Teuta Sahatqija, MP and Chairwoman of the Women’s Caucus of the Assembly of Kosovo.
Italy Emma Bonino, Vice President of the Italian Senate Kazakhstan Svetlana Ferho, Member of Mazhilis (Lower Chamber) Kyrgyzstan Ainuru Altybaeva, MP, Vice-Speaker
Roza Aknazarova MP, and OSCE PA Vice-Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment Latvia Vineta Porina, Head of the Latvian Delegation to the OSCE PA
Liechtenstein Marion Kindle-Kuehnis, Member of Parliament, Member of the OSCE PA Delegation former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Liljana Popovska, President of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
Moldova Liliana Palihovici, Deputy Speaker, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova The Netherlands Arjen Westerhoff, Secretary to the Dutch Delegation of the OSCE PA Norway Hotvedt Bjørnar, Senior Adviser, International Secretariat
Poland Jolanta Cichocka, Senior Administrative/Project Assistant, OSCE/ODIHR Portugal Elza Pais, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Equality
Romania Anca Constantin, Parliamentary Advisor, Secretary of the Romanian Delegation to the OSCE PA (the Senate) Serbia Sanja Pecelj, Secretary of the Committee for Human
and Minority Rights and Gender Equality Slovak Republic Anna Okruhlicova, Senior Adviser Slovenia Andrej Eror, Research Section, Secretary
Spain Maria Del Carmen Quintanilla Barba, President of the Equality Commission Sweden Ingrid Tollin, Secretary of the Swedish Delegation to the OSCE PA Tajikistan Bibidavlat Avzalshoeva, Member of Parliament
Ukraine Olena K. Kondratyuk, Member of Parliament United States of
America
Robert A. Hand, Secretary of the U.S. Delegation to the OSCE PA
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Appendix 3: Questionnaire
Information note
This questionnaire was prepared for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) as part of an ongoing project on “Strengthening Parliamentary Structures for Women MPs in the OSCE Region”.
Parliamentary structures for women are recognized as important forums for representing wom-en’s interests and – often – for influencing political agendas within parliaments. Accordingly, in co-operation with the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) and the Special Representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Gender Issues, OSCE ODIHR aims to identify the wide variety of parliamentary structures for women MPs in existence in the OSCE region, collect good practices in establishing and running such structures, and highlight the impact of these structures on parliamentary agendas and working environments. Your support and infor-mation is critical to the success of this project, and we thank you in advance for your co-operation!
Target Audience
We recommend that the questionnaire be completed by parliamentarians in the following capacity:
• Chairs, co-chairs, vice-chairs and/or organizers of bodies that bring women together in par-liaments (i.e. women cross-party section, women caucuses, or other women organizations);
• Where such bodies do not exist, the chair, co-chairs or vice-chairs of a parliamentary com-mittee on gender equality and/or women’s issues;
• Where such a parliamentary committee does not exist, a gender equality advocate (male or female parliamentarian).
Objective
This survey concerning parliamentary structures for women MPs in the OSCE region aims to identify mandates, structures, memberships and activities of these parliamentary bodies. The
intention in analysing these bodies is to collect information about different models, good prac-tices, success stories, challenges as well as lessons learned in establishing and running these bodies. The survey will form the basis for a comparative report on women’s parliamentary caucuses and related bodies in the OSCE region.
It should be noted that there are no ‘right answers’ to any of the questions posed, nor is any as-sessment of the existing parliamentary bodies being undertaken. Responses to this question-naire will be used to identify ways to better support parliaments in addressing gender equality and women’s interests in the OSCE region.
Instructions
This questionnaire contains 23 questions. It is estimated that this will take up to an hour to complete. There are two sections. We ask that ALL PARLIAMENTS, even those with-out parliamentary structures for women, respond to SECTION I. Parliaments WITH structures for women MPs should respond to both Sections I and II.
Requests for clarification
Please send your completed questionnaires BY 25 JUNE 2012 directly to the OSCE ODIHR at psw@odihr.pl. In the event that respondents require additional details or have questions, they should be directed to Kristin van der Leest at OSCE ODIHR, Kristin.
Vanderleest@odihr.pl.
Information on the respondent
Country
Completed by: Name:
Position:
Contact e-mail:
Date:
The parliamentary context
1. Is the Parliament unicameral
or bicameral? ☐ Unicameral
☐ Bicameral 2. Percentage of women MPs in
Parliament: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ %
3. Are there any special temporary measures to ensure women’s representation in the Parliament?
☐ No
☐ Yes
4. If yes, are they: ☐ Reserved seats?
☐ Executive appointments?
☐ Legislated party quotas?
☐ Voluntary party quotas?
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