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IPU on air- Conversations about parliamentary action

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The IPU on air Podcast Series features conversations with MPs and parliamentary experts from around the world on issues that impact citizens and democracies. 

Click on the episodes below to find out what parliamentarians think on a plethora of global issues.

Good practice in climate legislation

In IPU on air #5, Ms. Amanda Ellis, Senior Director at Arizona State University’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, discusses good practice in climate legislation with Dr. Michal Nachmany, founder of Climate Policy Radar and developer of the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute Climate Change Laws of the World database, of which the IPU is a partner. 

Orphanage trafficking: The hidden crisis aided by good intentions

In IPU on air #4, Communications Director, Thomas Fitzsimons discusses the role of parliaments in addressing orphanage trafficking with Australian Senator Linda Reynolds and Dr. Kate van Doore, International child rights lawyer.

Health: A moving target for migrants and refugees?

In IPU on air #3, our host, Irish Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Chair of the IPU Advisory Group on Health, discusses the role of parliaments in addressing the health of migrants with Ms. Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo, Delegate for Migration, Swiss Socialist Party; and Prof. Patrick Taran, President of Global Migration Policy Associates.

 

Access to health: Are parliaments redressing inequalities for women and girls?

IPU on air #2 features a dialogue between host Irish Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Chair of the IPU Advisory Group on Health, and Rt.Hon. Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Chair of the Board of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.

Sexual and reproductive health rights: what role for parliamentarians?

In this first IPU podcast, IPU on air #1, Irish Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Chair of the IPU Advisory Group on Health, hosts Dr. Faustine Ndugulile, a fellow MP from the United Republic of Tanzania and Vice-Chair of the IPU Advisory Group on Health; and Dr. Pascale Allotey, Director of the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization.