Delegation of the Thematic Working Group on Equality and Parity of the House of Representatives Performs Working Visit to the Czech Chamber of Deputies

A delegation of the House of Representatives initiated a working visit to the Czech Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. During this visit, the members of the delegation will hold a series of meetings which will focus in particular on the participation of women in parliamentary action, the strengthening of their presence in legislative institutions and executive and representative decision-making positions, the exchange of knowledge with the Czech legislative institution, as well as the means to institutionalize cooperation and dialogue between women parliamentarians in the House of Representatives and various European national legislative institutions on women's issues and parliamentary and political action in general.

On the first day of the working visit, the delegation met with MP Jiří Kobza, Chairperson of the Czech Republic-Morocco Parliamentary Friendship Group in the Czech Chamber of Deputies, in the presence of His Majesty's Ambassador to Prague, H.E. Hanane Saadi.

The Moroccan parliamentary delegation learned about aspects of Czech parliamentary practice, particularly in the area of implementing gender equality in the legislative institution and the mechanisms used for this purpose. The delegation also attended a segment of a plenary sitting of the Czech Chamber of Deputies.

During this visit, the Moroccan parliamentary delegation will meet with several political leaders of the Czech Chamber of Deputies, including chairpersons of Standing and Thematic Committees and chairpersons of National Representations to multilateral parliamentary organizations.

This visit is part of the implementation of the institutional twinning project between the House of Representatives and seven European national parliaments (the French National Assembly, the Czech Chamber of Deputies, the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the national parliaments of Hungary, Italy, Greece, and Portugal), funded by the European Union.

The parliamentary delegation is composed of the following Representatives: Rep. Najwa Koukouss, Chairperson of the Thematic Working Group on Equality and Parity (Group of Authenticity and Modernity), as well as the members of the Group: Rep. Hayat Oumenjouj (Group of the National Rally of Independents), Rep. Madiha Khayir (Istiqlali Group of Unity and Egalitarianism), Rep. Latifa Chrif (Socialist Group – Ittihadi Opposition), Rep. Khadija Oualbacha (Social, Democratic, and Constitutional Group), Rep. Aziza Boujrida (Haraki Group – Popular Movement) and Rep. Touria Afif (Parliamentary Caucus of Justice and Development).