PANAMA/PHILIPSBURG:--- On Wednesday, December 3rd, Member of Parliament and DP leader, Sarah Wescot-Williams attended her first Parlatino committee meeting in Panama. The St. Maarten MP participated in the meeting of the Parlatino committee on Gender Equity, Childhood and Youth. In its meeting of Wednesday, aforementioned committee approved a framework law on violence in schools, with an emphasis on anti-bullying measures and actors. This draft was commissioned in a previous meeting of the committee in June of 2014.
This draft will now be sent to a plenary session of Parlatino. It is expected upon approval to serve as a guide and impetus for member states to use and tailor to the specific needs and circumstances of the individual states.
On Thursday and Friday, the DP faction leader will attend the forum on Women and Politics (abbreviated), along with several other members of parliament of St. Maarten.
St. Maarten Members of Parliament, Leona Marlin and Sarah Wescot at one of the sessions on Women and Democratic Parity, being held in Panama, as part of the 50th anniversary of Parlatino. Thursday and Friday include several of these sessions, at the end of which it is expected to formulate several resolutions aimed at strengthening the participation of women in politics and decision making in the participating countries. Several best practices in the area of parity between men and women in politics were reviewed, electoral quotas and impeding factors were examined. Attending along with the the 2 female MPs is the Secretary General of Parliament, Nancy Joubert (center).
