International Day of Parliamentarism

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2023 Date	30 June 2023
2024 Date	30 June 2024

2023 Holidays & Dates

International Day of Parliamentarism in 2023

Friday, 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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Parliaments are cornerstones of democracy. For more than 30 yrs WFD has worked with parliaments to help strengthen democracy. This International Day of Parliamentarism, friends of WFD share their thoughts on what it means to them to be parliamentarians. #WorldParliamentDay 1/3 https://t.co/A3FDH4xX3p
— Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) (@WFD_Democracy) June 30, 2022

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— Mohamed Hussein Jama (Rambo) (@MohamedRaambo) June 30, 2022

Best wishes on the International Day of Parliamentarism. Let us all pledge to uphold our parliamentary practices and traditions to work for the development of our people. #InternationalParliamentarismDay https://t.co/J8ntwh2czE
— Manoj Kotak (@manoj_kotak) June 30, 2022

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Updated 03:33Parliament 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.