Austria's Commitment to the 2030 Agenda

ACTIVE ON
EUROPEAN LEVEL
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zanda
Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary
in Latvia, Daniela Grigore Gitman, State
Secretary for European Affairs in Romania
and Andreja Metelko-Zgombić, State Secretary
for Europe at the Croatian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The European Parliament
was represented by Vice President Nicola
Beer and MP Eva Maydell.
Better support for women in Ukraine
Under this initiative many activities have
been carried out since its launch. For one of
which, Karoline Edtstadler, Austrian Federal
Minister for the EU and Constitution travelled
to Kyiv together with seven other
November 2022, to facilitate further European
support, in particular for women and
girls. The main focus were discussions with
high-profile Ukrainian female politicians,
among them, Olena Selenska, First Lady of
Ukraine and Olha Stefanischyna, Deputy
Prime Minister and also representatives
of aid organisations, soldiers, mothers,
displaced women and students.
Women must be actively involved in the
decision-making processes, above all, in the
rebuilding of Ukraine, said Edtstadler. The
experiences, concerns and perspectives of
women and girls must also be more visible
in the media.
European female politicians on 22 nd and 23 rd
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