Parliament’s special sitting for amendments to women's quota bill to begin today - Social News XYZ

New Delhi, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A three-day special sitting of the extended Budget session of Parliament is set to begin on Thursday, with discussions centred on proposed Constitutional amendments linked to the implementation of the... - Social News XYZ

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There is an absence in #parliaments — in #india, in the #uk, perhaps elsewhere too. Ruhi Khan (LSE Gender Studies & LSE Data Science) discusses the 'missing' #women parliamentarians from #minority communities, especially #Muslim women.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2026/03/23/whos-still-missing-the-blind-spot-in-indias-democracy/

The German Green Party has signaled strong support for a proposal allowing Ukraine to secure loans of up to €140 billion utilizing frozen Russian assets, a move... https://news.osna.fm/?p=27359 | #news #demand #greens #loan #parliaments
Greens Demand Parliament's Role in Ukraine Loan Plan - Osna.FM

Germany may loan Ukraine up to €140 billion using frozen Russian assets, with Green Party support paving the way for crucial financial aid.

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Africa: Parliaments Can Help Create Inclusive Prosperity in Africa: [This Day] Africa stands at a historic inflection point. In the next 25 years, another one billion people will be added to our continent's population, making Africa home to one in four human beings on earth. Yet the structure of most African economies today is almost exactly the same as it was at independence six… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPqBF6 #Africa #EconomicTransformation #SustainableDevelopment #InclusiveGrowth #Parliaments
Are legislatures that are elected purely by sortition immune to lobbying by special interests?
#government #politics #sortition #legislatures #parliaments #lobbying #lobbyists #specialinterests #elections #politicians #politicalscience #democracy

The Anthropology of Parliaments by Emma Crewe, 2021

Entanglements in Democratic Politics

The Anthropology of Parliaments offers a fresh, comparative approach to analysing parliaments and democratic politics, drawing together rare ethnographic work by anthropologists and politics scholars from around the world.

#OpenAccess
https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48590/1/9781000185492.pdf

#books
#anthropology
#parliaments

❗️President of #Ukraine Volodymyr #Zelensky was greeted with loud applause in the hall of the #parliaments of the #PACE member states, which lasted several minutes.

#SlavaUkraini #UkraineWillWin

Born this day in 1950 Eddie Hazel.
#EddieHazel #Parliaments #Funkadelic #MaggotBrain
National #parliaments should be able to block obvious #nondemocratic parties or people from participating in an #election. That's a #democratic majority solution to prevent that parties or people that promise nonsensical and dangerous things, that are pushed by #foreignadversaries, that are #fascist or take irresponsably advantage of #voters, would be able to break down a well functioning #democracy for the sake of destroying it.
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Menschenwürde verteidigen und Demokratie schützen. Organisierten extremen Rechten den Boden entziehen. AfD verbieten

I've just been reading about some of the restrictions placed on #bluesky #hosts. #politics #eu We may have an issue here, because #parliaments will never be able to agree to these limits, so we'll neer see this tried here www.edps.europa.eu/press-public...