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Ahead of the International Women's Day, on 7 March Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Creţu is hosting a round table on gender equality in cities. Women only account for 15% of all EU mayors today. Enabling women to take public office positions can challenge the structural power dynamics that perpetuate gender inequality and can ultimately improve the everyday life of citizens.

The round table will therefore focus on ways to ensure gender equality at local level. It will gather Maimunah Mohd Sharif, UN-Habitat Executive Director, Yordanka Asenova Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia (BG), Marie-Louise Rönnmark, Mayor of Umeå (SE), Marta Mazurek, City councillor of Poznań (PL), Maria Stratigaki, Vice-Mayor of Athens (EL), Geneviève Letourneux, Vice President of the Rennes Metropolis (FR), Barbara Hackenschmidt, Member of the State Parliament of Brandenburg (DE), Ibon Uribe, Mayor of Galdakao (ES), Djida Techtach, Vice-Mayor of Villiers-le-Bel (FR), Carola Gunnarsson, Lord Mayor of Sala (SE), Sirpa Hertell, City Councillor of Espoo (FI), as well as Tamar Taliashvili, member of the Tbilisi Assembly in Georgia. Discussions will focus in particular on innovative practices in equitable urban planning and governance and on how cities can take the lead to support gender equality.

They will be based on three reports: one on Gender Equal Cities financed by the Commission under the URBACT programme, the Regional Gender Equality Monitor report, developed by the Commission's department for Regional and Urban policy and the Joint Research Center and and UN-Habitat's Gender Equality Enhancer report. The round table, which will take place in the Commission's Berlaymont building, is open to accredited journalists. If you wish to register, please send an email to [email protected]

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