The Coordinating Committee was also informed of the gender activities at the IPU in particular the work of the IPU in Tunisia. The IPU sent an expert mission to Tunisia from 22 - 24 March to advocate for an election system conducive to gender parity in the future Constituent Assembly. In this regard it can be noted that the elections for Tunisia's Constituent Assembly, which will be held on 24 July 2011, will make use of a proportional list system to ensure gender parity. Ms Shope-Sithole congratulated the IPU on this work and noted that in South Africa, the ruling party had provisions to ensure 50% representation of women in Parliament.