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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Happy #WorldParliamentDay! Today, the CPA celebrates the valuable contribution of Parliamentarians and parliamentary staff to healthy, thriving democracies. Watch a special video message from CPA Secretary-General @StephenTwigg ⬇️ Read more: https://t.co/cpwMwDgSVr https://t.co/ZmygfSenic
— Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) HQ (@CPA_Secretariat) June 30, 2021

Today is International Day for Parliamentarism, which promotes democracy in political institutions. But without women's equal representation, there is no true democracy. #CEDAW Article 7 provides for women's equal participation in public and political life. #WorldParliamentDay https://t.co/JqeRllreBt
— CEDAWPeople’sTribunal (@CedawPT) June 30, 2021

That is the dream of the Africa Young Parliamentarians Network (AYPN) which we officially launched yesterday during celebrations to commemorate this year's International Day of Parliamentarism. 2/3 https://t.co/L0MscaNwTE
— Hon Kuria Kimani, MP Molo (@KuriaKimaniMP) July 1, 2021

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.