Montenegro

Parliament

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Specialized body - Women's caucus

Women's Club March 2021

About

Themes
Women's caucus

Caucus details

Formal or informal
Informal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
No information available
Issues dealt with by the caucus

The goals and principles of the Club are:

1. affirmation of gender equality at all decision-making levels;
2. encouragement of women for greater participation in political and public life;
3. improving the position of women in all spheres of society i
4. encouragement and promotion of solidarity and humanity, promotion of volunteerism and mutual assistance.

In order to achieve its goals, the Club has the following tasks:

- improvement of the legal framework related to the affirmation of gender equality in decision-making places and in all spheres of society;
- improvement of the legal framework related to the fight against gender-based violence;
- improvement of legal regulations and environment for socio-economic empowerment of women;
- improvement of legal regulations and the environment for the equal position of women on the labor market;
- improving legal regulations and the environment for better health care for women, especially those in rural areas;
- improvement of the legal framework in order to stimulate solidarity, humanity and volunteerism and-
- others that are judged to be necessary, that is, useful for the achievement of goals.

The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
Yes

Contact information for the Committee

Contact / Address
Ms Anđa Stanišić, Secretary of the Women’s MP Group
Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog 10
81000 Podogorica
Montenegro
Phone
+382-20404541
+382-67594068
Fax number
No information available
E-mail
Web site

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No