V. Matvienko: The women's community demonstrates to the world its readiness to e...
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20.09.2024 / News

V. Matvienko: The women's community demonstrates to the world its readiness to engage in dialogue, seek common solutions and create the future

Chairperson of the Federation Council, Chairperson of the Council of the IPA CIS Valentina Matvienko held the final plenary session of the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum in St. Petersburg.

The speaker of the Federation Council noted that new records were set in the three days of the forum in terms of the number of participants, the scope of topics, and the level of events. "We once again felt the incomparable unity, solidarity, and mutual respect that make the forum not only the largest global event, but a community of true friends and like-minded people."

According to Valentina Matvienko , the personal involvement of Russian President Vladimir Putin gives the work special weight and special responsibility. "Thousands of people have invested their labor and their hearts so that this global event would be successful and flawless."

The SF Chairman believes that the platform approach that underpinned the forum's organization has fully justified itself and allowed us to consider the entire "palette" of women's multifaceted interactions: in the economy, in science, in the humanitarian sphere, in public projects. "For the first time, the BRICS agenda was so widely presented on the sidelines of our forum. The project pool covered 32 areas. And the projects are filled with serious content, meanings, and real goals."

Valentina Matviyenko emphasized that the EWF meetings are distinguished by the spirit of partnership and mutual respect. "Our women's community demonstrates to the world its readiness to conduct a dialogue, seek common solutions and approaches, and create a future that is common to the entire world. Therefore, we strive to implement all the proposals made at the forum into concrete actions," she said, adding that the final document of the forum will be sent to the UN, heads of state and government, parliamentarians, heads of major international organizations and public associations, and participants in the upcoming BRICS Summit in Kazan.

The Federation Council speaker called on the participants to rely on these recommendations in their future work and implement them.

Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev presented the Final Document of the Forum. "We are convinced that a truly democratic and just world is a world in which the voice of women must be heard and taken into account. The key appeal of the final document to all progressive women's organizations of the world is to actively engage in the work to form a more just world order based on the diversity of civilizations, the balance of power and interests of all participants in the international community on the basis of unconditional equality of all states, all societies, all countries and all peoples."

"Women's desire to find compromise solutions even in the most difficult issues of public life creates the basis for a prosperous and happy future for Russia in all its manifestations. As our President said: "Russian women reveal the soul of Russia, its beauty, attractiveness, warmth, compassion, and generosity of spirit." And therefore, no matter what a woman does today, her contribution to maintaining peace and stability, high-quality communication between countries and peoples cannot be underestimated. We see how interest in the Forum is growing, and the number of its participants is growing. This year, delegates from almost half of the countries in the world attended it. Representatives from 126 countries and 21 international organizations worked at the EWF," emphasized Anton Kobyakov , Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee for the Preparation and Support of the Russian Federation's Chairmanship in the BRICS Association in 2024 .

During the final plenary session, the following spoke: Vice President and First Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation of the People's Republic of China Huang Xiaowei , Deputy Chairman of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan Khairiniso Yusufi , Sherpa in the "Women's Twenty" from the Republic of Indonesia Hadriani Uli Silalahi, and Head of the National Center for Historical Memory under the President of the Russian Federation Elena Malysheva .

During the plenary session, the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Khuon Sudari , and the Speaker of the Parliament of the Common Market of the South, Fabiana Martin, addressed the participants of the EWF with video messages .

The organizers of the Eurasian Women's Forum are the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The operator for the preparation and holding of the event is the Roscongress Foundation.

Strategic partners of the event: Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, PSB, PJSC Rosseti, JSC RZD Medicine. Official car of the Forum - HONGQI. Official bank of the Forum - PJSC Sberbank. Official partners of the Forum: Russ & Wildberries, PJSC Magnit, T-Bank. Communications partner - OOO Mayer Group.

The strategic information partners of the EWF were: Rossiya TV and Radio, Russia Today, MIC Izvestia, TASS, RIA Novosti, the Federation Council TV channel Vmeste RF, Parliamentary Newspaper, SenatInform. The Forum was also supported by TV BRICS, MTRK Mir, Russian Media Group, RG Media, Lenta.ru, Gazeta.ru, the Saint Petersburg TV channel, Kommersant Saint Petersburg, MK Saint Petersburg, and Petersburg Diary, which became the information partners of the Forum.

The final document of the Forum is posted on the official website of the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum (https://2024.eawf.ru/)