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Duration: 10 months (part-time, January – October 2026) Duty station: IPU Headquarters, Geneva Supervisor: Senior Programme Officer, Secretary of the PCWTO and P20 1. Background The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) works to strengthen parliamentary engagement in multilateral processes, including international trade

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Parliamentary Forum at the Second World Summit for Social Development

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The Parliamentary Forum, jointly organized by the Shura Council of the State of Qatar and the IPU, will be an official side event of the Second World Summit for Social Development, aimed at accelerating action on poverty eradication, the promotion
Case studies
Australian House of Representatives

How the Australian Parliament is transforming its workplace culture

Parliament House is not only the heart of Australia’s parliamentary democracy, it is also the most high-profile workplace in the country. So when accounts of sexual assault, harassment and bullying in the Parliament emerged in 2020, there was no doubt
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Voices and videos
Martin Chungong

On the International Day of Democracy: Who is missing from the table?

Close to three billion people were called to the polls last year in a record number of elections worldwide, demonstrating how widely democracy has spread in the last 100 years. However, democracy’s true value should be measured not only by
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Press releases
Peru conference

Young and experienced MPs join forces for gender equality at Peru conference

Young and more seasoned parliamentarians from around the world, gathered in Lima for the IPU’s 11th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians , have called for urgent action to advance the representation of women in political life, especially young women. Hosted
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Statements
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IPU statement on Nepal

The IPU is following with concern the unrest in Nepal, especially the attacks on Parliament. The IPU and the wider global parliamentary community call for calm and urge an immediate end to the violence, which has led to a tragic
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