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Lebanese Nationality Campaign sit in, My Nationality Is a Right For Me and My Family, 2019

Achieving the Beijing Declaration’s goals requires gender-equal nationality rights

As we mark International Women’s Day 2025 and the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, Equality Now, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UN Women are calling for expedited action to end gender discrimination in nationality laws and recommit to efforts to achieve gender-equal nationality rights around the […]

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The 2024 election to the United Kingdom House of Commons resulted in a record 40% of seats being held by women, including 50 women MPs from Black and minority backgrounds, up from 39 in the previous Parliament. © House of Commons UK

Parliamentary gender gap narrowed in past 30 years but progress stalled in 2024

A new IPU report analysing three decades of women in national parliaments reveals that the percentage of seats held by women has risen from 11.3% in 1995 to 27.2% in 2025. The IPU report Women in parliament 1995-2025 commemorates 30 years since the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the landmark UN framework which set out […]

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President Claudia Sheinbaum will open the conference on 13 March.

IPU to hold a global conference of women parliamentarians in Mexico

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is pleased to announce the Global Conference of Women Parliamentarians From Mexico to the World: Let’s mobilize for gender parity! which will be held in Mexico City from 13 to 16 March 2025. The Conference is being jointly organized by the IPU and the Senate of Mexico. The Conference aims to identify successful […]

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Anticipating tomorrow: How expert insights enhance parliamentary foresight

Parliament can strengthen its capacity to design forward-looking national strategies and foster foresight-based governance by collaborating with external experts to leverage collective intelligence. This approach allows parliament to overcome its internal resource limitations and anticipate future challenges by integrating external knowledge and expertise to create innovative solutions. For this reason, many parliaments actively engage with […]

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Future-focused research: IPU explores Parliamentary innovations across the globe

The United Nations Development Programme defines Parliamentary Committees for the Future, which exist under various names, as “parliamentary bodies responsible for issues related to anticipating and prospecting the future in the context of parliamentary activity”. The first such committee was established by the Parliament of Finland in 1993, pioneering a parliamentary approach to addressing long-term national strategies […]

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AI is emerging as a potential tool for transforming public participation in the democratic process. says IPU.

IPU looks at what AI means for public engagement with parliaments

As parliaments seek new ways to meaningfully engage with citizens beyond the usual voices, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a potential tool for transforming public participation in the democratic process. A January 2025 webinar hosted by the Public Engagement Hub of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Centre for Innovation in Parliament (CIP) and the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN) brought together […]

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IPU Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations to focus on the SDGs

Scaling up action for the Sustainable Development Goals: Finance, Institutions, and Politics, will be the theme of the 2025 Parliamentary Hearing, a joint initiative of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). IPU President Tulia Ackson and UNGA President Philemon Yang will host some 300 participants, including parliamentarians, Speakers of Parliament, […]

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New IPU toolkit to empower parliaments to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals

The IPU has published a new toolkit to encourage parliaments and policymakers worldwide to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their functions and legislative efforts in a comprehensive manner. The toolkit, SDG-informed legislative scrutiny, helps parliaments to translate the SDGs into national laws, to hold governments accountable for the implementation of the goals and to align budgets with […]

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IPU leadership issues statement welcoming the Gaza ceasefire deal

On behalf of the global parliamentary community, we welcome the announcement of a deal to secure a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza. This is a significant breakthrough towards ending the bloodshed and relieving suffering on both sides. We urge all parties to fully commit to implementing this deal for the benefit of […]

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