Reimagining resilience: Young women leading climate action and disaster response in the Caribbean
October 14, 2025
The Caribbean region is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and disasters, including rising sea levels, more frequent and intense natural hazards, and shifts in water availability. These challenges threaten the region’s countries, populations, and sustainable development. However, their effects are not felt equally – certain groups face heightened vulnerability due to factors...
ParlAmericas delegation highlights regional leadership in Open Parliament at OGP Global Summit
October 10, 2025
At a time when public trust in institutions is being tested around the world, openness emerges as an essential principle for revitalizing democracy. Under this premise, more than 2,000 representatives from governments, parliaments, and civil society organizations gathered in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, to participate in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit—a space designed to promote open...
Beijing+30: Parliaments of the Hemisphere Renew Their Commitment to Equality
September 26, 2025
At a time of setbacks for women’s rights in the Americas and the Caribbean – marked by regressive legislation, systematic disinformation campaigns, and increasingly vocal anti-rights narratives – parliamentary delegations from across the hemisphere gathered at the Federal Senate of Brazil for the 17th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality. The event,...
From Youth Leadership to Legislative Transformation: Voices from Brazil
September 24, 2025
Youth leadership is not only a promise for the future; it is already reshaping realities. It was in this spirit that Impacto Legislativo Joven – Brazil (ILJ-Brazil) was created, a formative program to facilitate exchange and collective learning, co-organized by ParlAmericas and the Federal Senate. The program gathered 20 young women leaders from different regions...
Youth-Led Advocacy: Young Women Driving Legislative Change in the Caribbean
August 29, 2025
Young people aren’t just the future—they’re the present. To shape national decision-making meaningfully, they must be equipped with the tools, knowledge, networks, and opportunities to take their rightful place as partners in governance. This belief was at the heart of a recent virtual gathering hosted by ParlAmericas, the UN Women Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean,...
The power of strategic communication to continue advancing legislative openness
August 29, 2025
After a decade of advances in legislative openness and the implementation of open-parliament action plans across Latin America, a central question remains: how can this agenda continue to be a priority in national congresses while also fostering a close and genuine connection with citizens? At a time when disinformation undermines institutional credibility and polarization erodes...
Critical Infrastructure Resilience: A Matter of Human Security
August 22, 2025
Critical infrastructure and essential resources such as water and energy are at the heart of people-centered security, shaping the well-being and resilience of societies – however they are increasingly transformed, and at times threatened, by emerging technologies. In this context, ParlAmericas hosted a second virtual session in the lead-up to the X Summit of the Americas, Security...
ParlAmericas Board of Directors approves the creation of the Parliamentary Network on Hemispheric Security
August 21, 2025
Amid a hemispheric landscape marked by growing security challenges that threaten democratic stability, human rights, and the well-being of people across the region, the ParlAmericas Board of Directors, at its 72nd meeting held today, approved the creation of a Parliamentary Network on Hemispheric Security. This new permanent body will bring together parliamentarians from the Americas...
ParlAmericas promotes cooperative political dialogue at the Parliamentary Forum and the 16th Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
August 15, 2025
With the care society as a guiding vision —a paradigm that places the sustainability of life and the care of people and the planet at the center— ParlAmericas actively participated in the Parliamentary Forum of Latin America and the Caribbean, co-organized by ECLAC, UN Women, the Chamber of Deputies, and the Senate of the Republic of Mexico, as...
ParlAmericas Condemns the Assassination of Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay
August 11, 2025
ParlAmericas receives with profound sadness the news of the passing of Colombian Senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, which occurred today as a result of the attack perpetrated against him on June 7. This heinous crime constitutes a direct attack on democracy, the rule of law, and the institutional life of Colombia, and undermines the...