In this ParlAmericas Podcast episode, the Honourable Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, delivers a feature address on the meaning of sustainable development and its relationship to women’s empowerment. She reflects on current global challenges which indicate that progress cannot be taken for granted, as the gains that have been made aren’t translating at the community level or reaching all members of society. Prime Minister Mottley draws attention to the important work of disrupting gender norms in society and within political parties. She calls on parliamentarians to use their positions of power and choice, and to have the difficult conversations about gender that are necessary to push the development agenda forward together.
This address was recorded at the Parliamentary-Civil Society Dialogue, Transformational Leadership for Gender Equality in the Caribbean: Regional Strategies and Partnerships, held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from November 19 to 20, 2018.