The meeting then proceeded to a dialogue session between men and women on gender sensitive parliaments. It was noted that a gender sensitive parliament was one that responded to the needs and interests of both men and women in their structures, operations, methods and work. The meeting looked at how to develop a gender sensitive parliament. Gender mainstreaming as a strategy to achieve gender equality was discussed as well as the results of the IPU's survey on Gender Sensitive Parliaments. The panelists for the discussion were Ms Ann Borman, Swedish gender expert, and Dr Sonia Palmieri, author of the Gender Sensitive Parliament IPU survey.