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Reports

This category covers recurring publications that offer updated information about IPU and priority themes including women’s and youth participation in politics.

This category covers recurring publications that offer updated information about IPU and priority themes including women’s and youth participation in politics.

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Parliamentary report on religion and belief- Working towards more peaceful and inclusive societies

In 2022, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) embarked on a five-year strategy encouraging parliaments to engage with broader ecosystems for the promotion of peace, democracy and sustainable develop

Women in parliament 1995-2025

A new IPU report analysing three decades of women in national parliaments reveals that the percentage of seats held by women has risen from 11.3% in 1995 to 27.2% in 2025.

Celebrating 10 years of the Common Principles for Support to Parliaments

In too many countries, democracy has failed to deliver fast or fair enough. Progress against the UN’s sustainable development goals has slowed, or even gone into reverse.

World e-Parliament Report 2024

The World e-Parliament Report 2024 provides a comprehensive assessment of the use of digital technology in parliaments worldwide.

Women in parliament 2023

In 2023, progress on women’s representation in parliament was slow and mixed.

Youth participation in national parliaments: 2023

Young people form a large share of the global population, but they make up only a small proportion of members of parliament around the world.

Parliamentary report on religion and belief

Religion and belief play a significant role in our States and societies.

Women in parliament 2022

In 2022, women’s leadership in the world’s parliaments continued with a slow pace of incremental growth as the world re-emerged after two years of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and losses.

World e-Parliament Report 2022

The 2020 World e-Parliament Report captured a picture of parliaments going through a phase of enforced innovation and learning to rapidly embed new ways of working supported by information and comm

Global Parliamentary Report 2022

The third Global Parliamentary Report examines

Women in Parliament in 2021

The world walked into 2021 with the shadow of COVID-19 looming large over its head. As well as posing a major health risk, the pandemic had also caused economic and social upheaval.

First Global Parliamentary Summit on Counter-Terrorism

The First Global Parliamentary Summit on Counter-Terrorism (1GPSCT) was held on 9 September 2021 in

13th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament Report

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Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (5WCSP) Report

At the start of 2020, preparations were well under way for the fifth such Conference to be held in Vienna, Austria, but the COVID-19 pandemic led to the decision to hold a

World e-Parliament Report 2020

The World e-Parliament Report 2020 documents the experiences, innovations and lessons learned in making sure parliaments continued to function during the COVID-19 pandemi

Youth participation in national parliaments

The global proportion of MPs aged under 30 has edged up to 2.6 per cent, according to the latest IPU report on Youth Participation in National Parliaments.

Women in Parliament in 2020

The IPU's annual analysis of women in parliament, based on the previous year's elections. 

Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament: Report on the virtual meeting, 19-20 August 2020

The Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament was held on 19 and 20 August 2020, under the overall theme of Parliamentary leadership for more effective multilateralism that delivers pea

Women in parliament: 1995–2020 - 25 years in review

This year’s report looks back at 25 years of women in parliament on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Beijing conference and its groundbreaking action plan for gender equality. 

Engaging parliaments of the Pacific region in the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1540

One of the aims of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) is to prevent non-State actors from accessing weapons of mass destruction.