International Day of Parliamentarism

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2022 Date	30 June 2022
2023 Date	30 June 2023

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International Day of Parliamentarism in 2022

Thursday, 30 Jun

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International Day of Parliamentarism History

The International Day of Parliamentarism commemorates parliaments and highlights their role in improving everyone’s day-to-day lives. The International Day of Parliamentarism is observed annually on June 30th, the date in which the global organization of parliaments was founded back in 1889.

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Updated 03:32

Today #WAParliament celebrates International Day of Parliamentarism and the theme is public engagement. Earlier this year, the member for Belmont @cassierowe celebrated Anna Harrison's 4⃣0⃣years of service with Umbrella Community Care, a community group in Belmont. https://t.co/qLlOqG4bIO
— ParlServicesWA (@parliamentWA) June 30, 2022

Happy International Day of Parliamentarism and let us keep reaching towards a well-represented citizenry! #InternationalDayOfParliamentarism #PublicEngagement https://t.co/GJ27VG5UkX
— African Renaissance (@african_ren) June 30, 2022

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Updated 03:32 Parliament Affairs Minister congratulates on International Day of Parliamentarism

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STATEMENT FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SADC-PF ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PARLIAMENTARISM 30TH JUNE 2022

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International Day of Parliamentarism

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International Day of Parliamentarism 30 June: Shura Council: Has No Legislative Powers and Can Only Recommend Changes to New Laws

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International Day of Parliamentarism Facts

Parliamentary systems are typically either bicameral, consisting of 2 chambers, or unicameral, 1 chamber. According to the UN, out of 193 countries, 79 are bicameral and 114 are unicameral.
In 2021, the Inter-Parliamentary Union reported an 2.6% increase of political representors under the age of 30.
According to UN Women, in 2021, only 22% of the world's members of parliament were women.