Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth

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Senator Crystal Drakes: Transitioning from a monarchy to a republic and what it means for democracy in Barbados

2024-11-2715:18

This episode of ‘Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth’, the CPA’s Podcast, speaks to Senator Crystal Drakes, a Member of the Senate of Barbados.Recorded at the 67th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) in New South Wales in November 2024, Senator Crystal Drakes speaks about the recent transition from a monarchy to a republic in Barbados and what it means for democracy and national identity; her background in economic and international development and how it led to her parlia...

Kate Doust: Being a Presiding Officer, barriers for women in politics and the future of the ‘modern’ Commonwealth

2024-09-1223:54

This episode of ‘Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth’, the CPA’s Podcast, speaks to Hon. Kate Doust, a Member of the Legislative Council from the Parliament of Western Australia.We speak about her role as a Presiding Officer and Member of Parliament; how her trade union background has helped in her career; the barriers facing women in politics and how to overcome them; the role of ‘modern’ Commonwealth; and being the first recipient of the CPA Commonwealth Parliamentarian of the Y...

The Juggle: How Politicians Prioritise (w/ Rt. Hon. Nelly Mutti, Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia)

2022-06-3020:24

In The Juggle: How Politicians Prioritise, a special World Parliament Day mini-series of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, we peel back the layers of what Parliaments do and consider a simple concept that lies at the heart of parliamentary democracy – representation.As an elected representative, the job of a politician is to collect the views of the people they represent, and use them to dictate their actions and decisions in Parliament. It sounds simple in theory, but the real...

The Juggle: How Politicians Prioritise (w/ Anurag Sharma, Member of the Lok Sabha of India)

2022-06-3024:10

In The Juggle: How Politicians Prioritise, a special World Parliament Day mini-series of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, we peel back the layers of what Parliaments do and consider a simple concept that lies at the heart of parliamentary democracy – representation. As an elected representative, the job of a politician is to collect the views of the people they represent, and use them to dictate their actions and decisions in Parliament. It sounds simple in theory, but the rea...

Julia Gillard: Vaccine Inequality, Women in Politics and the Commonwealth

2021-11-2438:27

On a special episode of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, the former Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, sits down with CPA Secretary-General and former UK MP, Stephen Twigg, for a wide-ranging conversation. Gillard, who served as Prime Minister from 2010 to 2013:praises affirmative action as a proven solution to increase the representation of women in Parliament (07:16)warns that 'we could be back to ground zero' unless world leaders urgently address vaccine inequal...

Indigenous Peoples and Political Participation

2021-10-1233:36

On this episode of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, we ask: how can Commonwealth democracies be more representative of indigenous peoples?To discuss this question we are joined by:Hon. Lenox R Shuman MP, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Guyana and Member of the Arawak Nation;Sheila North, former Grand Chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak and campaigner for indigenous women in Canada;Josiah Tualamali'i, youth indigenous activist in New Zealand and former participan...

Giving Refugees a Voice in Democracy

2021-06-1829:59

On World Refugee Day, we ask:How can we give refugees a voice in our democracies?To discuss this question, we are joined by Hon. Ayor Makur Chuot, a newly elected Member of the Parliament of Western Australia and former South Sudanese refugee; Sally Gandar, Head of Parliamentary Advocacy & Legal Advisor at the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town; and Louise Donovan, Communications Officer for UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, where nearly 890,000 Rohingya refug...

Kwibuka27: Remembrance and Genocide Prevention

2021-04-0633:27

Each year, on 7 April, Rwandans mark Kwibuka, the National Commemoration of Victims of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, in remembrance of the estimated 800,000 people who were killed during a campaign of violence carried out by Hutu extremists from 7 April to 4 July 1994.On the 27th anniversary of the start of genocide in Rwanda, we ask:What can parliamentary democracies do to remember victims of genocide and prevent future genocides?To discuss this question, we are joined by L...

COMING SOON - Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth

2021-04-0601:37

This is a teaser announcement for Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, a podcast by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. We’re about to launch our first episode, marking Kwibuka, the Annual Commemoration of Victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. On the episode, we ask what parliamentary democracies can do to remember victims of genocide and prevent future genocides.We’re very excited to be launching this podcast, which will give a voice to parliamentaria...

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