Third Eurasian Women’s Forum Brought Together Over 2500 Participants From 111 Countries

On 15 October 2021, the closing session of the Third Eurasian Women’s Forum took place at the Tavricheskiy Palace. During the event, the Forum participants drew the outcomes.

Chairperson of the IPA CIS Council, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko opened the meeting. According to her, the Eurasian Women’s Forum had once again confirmed its status as the most respected women’s discussion platform on the planet. Valentina Matvienko noted that the Forum was attended by over 2500 people from 111 countries of the world and about 3,000,000 more were connected via the Internet at different stages of the work. More than 90 different events were held within the framework of the Forum: discussion platforms, dialogues, plenary sessions, workshops, masterclasses, brunches, exhibitions, etc. The recommendations developed within the framework of the Forum would be reflected in the outcome document, which, as Valentina Matvienko noted, would be sent to the heads of state, key international organizations and major public associations.

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kosachev spoke at the meeting on behalf of the Editorial Committee of the Outcome Document. He stressed that the Committee tried to reflect in the outcome document the initiatives that developed the project activities of the Forum, the ideas formulated within the framework of the Russian regional week and at the plenary sessions, as well as the proposals of experts expressed at the strategic and thematic sessions, business dialogues and discussion clubs of the main part of the Third Eurasian Women’s Forum.