Ukraine
Parliament
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Political system
Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
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Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament
Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
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Unicameral
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IPU membership
Current membership status
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Yes
Specialized bodies - Women's caucus
- Equal Rights Inter-Faction Association (IFA) January 2013
- Equal Opportunities Inter-Faction Association (IFA) January 2012
Equal Opportunities Inter-Faction Association (IFA) January 2012
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Nature
Permanent or temporary (ad-hoc)
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- Themes
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Women's caucus
Women's caucus
- Formal or informal
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Formal
- The caucus is open to male MPs
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Yes
- The caucus is cross-party
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Yes
- There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
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No information available
- Link to rules
- Issues dealt with by the caucus
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• Women’s political Empowerment (e.g. draft law №1456 was prepared in ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men in the election process)
• Involvement of women to peace and security sectors (e.g. cancellation of restrictions for women to hold 63 military positions is the result of cooperation with the Ministry of Defence;
-moreover, the draft law №6109 on ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men during military service was adopted in the first reading, the draft law №6171 on ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men in the field of military security and defence was prepared).
• Ensuring gender-sensitiveness of the Parliament (e.g. gender analysis of draft laws has been introduced; amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine” №7283 and №7284 were prepared ensuring adherence to parliamentary ethics, equal representation of women and men in the committees and within the parliamentary leadership;
• Strengthening women’s economic empowerment
• Advocating the adoption of the Istanbul convention (e.g. strengthening mechanisms and instruments on combating violence and changing the work with victims and offenders (№5294, №4952), draft laws №6243 strengthening the punishment for offenders, №5435 on missing persons were adopted, and draft law №6353 on human rights and non-discrimination was prepared for consideration by the Parliament
• Implementation of the gender Education (e.g. amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Education” to determine key competencies, such as “the ability to realize equal rights and opportunities”, providing assistance in the development and adoption of the Gender Education Strategy at the level of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, aimed at counteracting bias in the education system and ensuring the gender competence of graduates.)
• Promoting the fulfillment of the CEDAW recommendations
- The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
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Yes
- The caucus has a communication plan
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Yes
Contact information for the Committee
- Contact / Address
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No information available
- Phone
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- Fax number
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- Web site