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An average MP? GLOBAL PARLIAMENTARY REPORT Women and men in - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
An average MP? GLOBAL PARLIAMENTARY REPORT Women and men in - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
An average MP? GLOBAL PARLIAMENTARY REPORT Women and men in parliament Global average: Women: 19.7% Men: 80.3% GLOBAL PARLIAMENTARY REPORT Age Global average: Women: 50 years Men: 53 years Sub-Saharan Africa 49
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Women and men in parliament
Global average:
- Women: 19.7%
- Men: 80.3%
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Age
Global average:
- Women: 50 years
- Men: 53 years
Sub-Saharan Africa
- 49 years
Upper chambers
- 59 years
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Profession
Main categories
– Liberal professions: 28% – Private sector: 19% – Politics and public sector: 18% – Education: 12%
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Perceptions
MPs’ most important role?
- For MPs:
– law-making (52%)
- For citizens:
– solving constituents’ problems (37%)
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- 1. Accountability
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Elections are no longer sufficient
- Expectations of
greater transparency
- Limits on the
parliamentary mandate
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Parliamentary monitoring organizations
- 190 organizations in
80 countries
- Parliamentary
scorecards
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- 2. Constituency service
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Reconciling local and national roles
- Volume of work
- Perceived electoral
benefits
- Public expectations
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Resources for constituency work
- Staff; office space;
travel allowances
- Constituency
Development Funds
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- 3. Engaging citizens
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Information
- Radio; TV; Internet;
- Visiting parliament,
Open Days
- Taking parliament to
the people
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Consultation
- Public hearings;
local meetings
- Contributions to
parliamentary committees
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Parliaments are resilient!
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Continual evolution
- A strategic approach to reform
- Understanding changing expectations
- Enhancing the role of MPs
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Resilience and renewal
- Modernizing parliament
- Building new relationships with citizens
- Fit for the twenty-first century?
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