More women sit in African parliaments — but equality eludes The number of female representatives has increased since 2000 in parliaments across Africa. In some countries, that has meant more legislation with women in mind. In others, it hasn't changed much — y...

#Women in #parliaments now hold at least 20% of parliamentary seats 🏛️ in 31 African countries 🌍,
Higher #representation is linked to gains in girls’ education 🎓👧🏾 and gender equality ⚖️♀️, demonstrating that political inclusion 🗳️ can translate into broader social progress 🌱✨.

DiPaDA 2026 - Digital Parliamentary Data in Action International academic conference exploring historical parliamentary data through computational and interdisciplinary approaches.

CfP: Digital Parliamentary Data in Action (DiPaDA) 2026 (September 16, 2026, Ljubljana, Slovenia); at the Language Technologies and Digital Humanities (JTDH) 2026.
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This year's special topic are historical parliamentary data.

Submissions by April 24, papers due August 7
#dh #parliaments

The #IPU and #UNWomen meeting at #CSW70 will bring together MPs from around the world to champion inclusive #parliaments to advance justice reforms that support women and girls.
Join us at the UN
ipu.org/CSW70
#IWD2026

Can #parliaments help ensure that the UN receives the predictable and balanced resources it needs to remain effective?
The #IPU's 2026 Parliamentary Hearing at the UN will consider the UN at 80. In partnership with @UN_PGA #UN80
Find out more
ipu.org/PH26

Issue #6 of Bureaucritics is out now!

Catch up with the latest in art, fiction, and scholarship about bureaucracy.

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#newsletter #bureaucracy #administration #officeliterature #bureaucraticfiction #parliaments

#IPU's Innovation Tracker #24 outlines how smaller #parliaments can navigate their #AI journey, how to start conversations about AI, and what resources are needed to introduce AI in parliaments, regardless of size.
Read more
ipu.org/innovation-tracker/issue-24

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But the ‘enshittification’ of public ‘services’ started long ago and unpreparedness is a BIG symptom of #ClimateDenial in BOTH #bureaucracies and #parliaments. #auspol

#Parliaments and the United Nations: Better together, delivering for the people, is the theme for #IPU's 2026 Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations, 12-13 February.

Hosting a series of thought-provoking debates, with a focus on #humanrights, DL the agenda
ipu.org/PH26

Find out more about upcoming #IPU events:

👉🏽Global governance of #AI: How prepared is the @un.org?

👉🏽179th Session of the Committee on the #HumanRights of #MPs

👉🏽Parliamentary Hearing at the #UnitedNations

👉🏽Regional Seminar for #Parliaments of the Western Balkans

➡️ ipu.org/events

Moving into parliamentary life is a pivotal moment for any MP.

The #IPU and the Association of SGs of #Parliaments (ASGP) produced a 2025 toolkit to support this process.

The Welcoming New Parliamentarians report offers insights and inspiration for all #MPs.

Find out more
➡️ ipu.org/WNMPS

With most #parliaments at different stages when it comes to #AI adoption, the #IPU's Maturity Framework for AI in #parliaments guides and supports #MPs during the artificial intelligence adoption process.

Access the toolkit:
ipu.org/MFAI

The #IPU has been gathering testimonies from women working in #parliaments since 2016, including #WomenMPs.

In 2025 we published the report Sexism, Harassment and #VAW in Parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region.🌏

Read the report 📑
➡️ ipu.org/VAWP-AP

Whispers of dissent? Analyzing the rhetorical alignment of the elites with the authoritarian incumbent through parliamentary discourse in the Kazakhstani Senate Parliaments are often thought to be key arenas of elite signaling in authoritarian regimes. This paper examines the patterns of rhetorical alignment between individual elite members of parliament a...

New Publication Alert!
Discover how Kazakhstani senators subtly contest power through "embedded rhetorical contestation" in elite debates in @ildardaminov.bsky.social latest research.
#Authoritarian #Parliaments #Kazakhstan #PoliticalScience
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Enhancing parliamentary development through #genderequality - do you have a positive example?

Register now to exchange best practices with the Sixth Expert Roundtable on the Common Principles for Support to #Parliaments.

Online tomorrow, 9th December

➡️ ipu.org/6RTCP

Enhancing parliamentary development through #genderequality - do you have a positive example?

Join me from @odihr.pl &
register now to exchange best practices at the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Expert Roundtable on the Common Principles for Support to #Parliaments.

➡️ipu.org/6RTCP

Global legislators call for AI guardrails MPs from around the world have expressed deep concern about the unchecked evolution of artificial

#MPs convened in KL for the #IPU, @undp.org,
Parliament of Malaysia and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference on #AI, which highlighted the many artificial intelligence initiatives taking place in #parliaments.

But there is much more to be done.
Read the PR 📑
➡️ ipu.org/ResponsibleAI25

So really our ‘tough on youth’ #political debate in both #federal and #state #parliaments is mostly running on #media disinformation. Might be time to attend to the systemic disadvantage of #youth.
#poverty
#homeless
#hungry
#climate
#auspol

Parliament’s winter session gears up for fiery speeches and heated arguments New Delhi, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The coldest of Delhi’s winters may fail to call a chill to the fiery speeches and heated arguments that Parliamentarians are readying for when they reassemble for the next session beginning Monday, December 1. The three-week proceedings may witness a blend of symbolism and combative political mood as the respective presiding chairs will try to introduce legislation.

Parliament’s winter session gears up for fiery speeches and heated arguments #Parliaments #socialnewsxyz

10 actions for Gender Equality The IPU’s ‘Achieving gender equality, action by action’ campaign aims to mobilize the global parliamentary community to accelerate progress in achieving gender equality in politics and society. With p...

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of #16days of activism against #VAW.

The #IPU has identified 🔟actions for #parliaments + #MPs to take to achieve #genderequality.

Access the #IPU publication, part of our 2025 campaign.
➡️ ipu.org/10AGE

How will #artificialintelligence shape the evolving role of #parliaments, MPs and public engagement?

#MPs are expected in #Malaysia later this month to discuss at a Conference on The Role of Parliament in Shaping the Future of Responsible #AI.

Find out more
➡️ ipu.org/ResponsibleAI

#IPU's #COP30 Parliamentary meeting will debate how, as #methane emissions continue to contribute to global warming, #parliaments can introduce non-CO2 gases through legislation, oversight and budgetary action.

#Parliaments4thePlanet

Find out more
➡️ipu.org/COP30

Whispers of dissent? Analyzing the rhetorical alignment of the elites with the authoritarian incumbent through parliamentary discourse in the Kazakhstani Senate Parliaments are often thought to be key arenas of elite signaling in authoritarian regimes. This paper examines the patterns of rhetorical alignment between individual elite members of parliament a...

🔍🇰🇿 Even in #authoritarian #parliaments, not all voices speak in unison. My new paper examines possible pockets of rhetorical dissent or "embedded rhetorical contestation" in #Kazakhstani Senate debates. The paper is now in OA thanks to @weareceu.bsky.social: shorturl.at/YoY9h

International Humanitarian Law is there to save lives, alleviate suffering, and protect human dignity.

This #IPU151, watch #IPU's video on IHL, and discover the five actions #MPs can take to implement #IHL in their #parliaments.

➡️youtube.com/shorts/yEiCDPJJOxM

The powerful effects of methane reduction and the role #parliaments can play in the process will be discussed at the #IPU151 Workshop: Triple Win: Protecting climate, health, and economy by cutting methane.
Further details
ipu.org/151
#Parliaments4thePlanet

Across #parliaments, #AI is being embedded into processes and procedures, but at what rate and with what success?
#IPU's dedicated resource, Parliamentary action on AI policy, looks at advances across Member Parliaments, and documents the range of initiatives on AI taking place.
ipu.org/PA-AI

Q: What’s the risk if they don’t? ⚠️
A: Countries risk becoming “criminal states,” where power shifts from #parliaments to kingpins. 👑🔫

With progress on women’s representation in #parliaments stalling, and a rollback of women’s rights in some countries, the need for urgent, collective action has never been greater.

This #DemocracyDay, will your parliament support #IPU's gender campaign?
ipu.org/AbA

First launched in 2021 by @camaradeputados.bsky.social and
@europarl.europa.eu, #IPU's Transforming Parliaments webinar series covers a range of topics, including #AI governance and open data in #parliaments, building a digital strategy and much more.

More info
ipu.org/TPWS