Women parliamentarians from BRICS countries will congregate for the first two-day-long seminar in Jaipur, starting Saturday. lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will inaugurate the seminar of women legislators from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The meeting convened at Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha will mainly debate on sustainable development goals, climate change imperatives and global challenges and empowerment of women. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will deliver valedictory address.
“India is currently holding the Chairmanship of BRICS. The annual Conference of BRICS is to be held in Goa in October this year. BRICS is a five member international grouping of leading developing and newly industrialized nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — formed to encourage economic, political and cultural cooperation amongst these countries. And, BRICS Women Parliamentarians’ Forum is an initiative of the lok Sabha Speaker to bring women parliamentarians of BRICS Parliaments under one roof to discuss ways and means of realising the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” said lok Sabha secretariat in a statement.