Stephen Twigg
@StephenTwigg
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
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27-04-2009 16:14:36
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What an impact story for Visual impairment St. Vincent's School has shared The Pearson National Teaching Awards Liverpool Hope University Gary Millar High Sheriff of Merseyside Lord (David) Alton Jim Knight Simon Lee @NCBI_sightloss Gerry Proctor Barbara Murray 🌹 Silver & Rose Alam Nawaz Steve Rotheram LdLtMerseyside
REGISTER: Webinar on United Nations #SDGs #BeyondAgenda2030 & examining role of Parliaments & MPs
Join this CPA webinar on 30 August 2023 ahead of SDGs Summit in Sept on SDG lessons learned with panellists from Fijian Parliament #CYC United NationsDP & Center for Global Development
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cpahq.org/webinar-sdgs-b…
Yesterday, CPA Secretary-General Stephen Twigg visited schools in #Tonga 🇹🇴, answering student questions on topics incl. the Commonwealth, global conflicts, youth empowerment & mental health.
The Secretary-General is in Tonga for a CPA Post-Election Seminar w/ Legislative Assembly of Tonga.
At the CPA Post-Election Seminar in Tonga 🇹🇴, CPA Secretary-General Stephen Twigg received a new children’s book on civic education by Legislative Assembly of Tonga from former #Commonwealth Youth Parliament delegate Elizabeth. V. Kité 🇹🇴.
Read more about the book:
issuu.com/theparliamenta…
The #Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) HQ is celebrating #Commonwealth Day 2023 across its nine Regions and over 180 Parliaments celebrating its partnerships and collaboration across the world
Find out more ⬇️
cpahq.org/news/2023_03-c…
Great to learn more about Rotary International work to #endpolio in latest issue of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) HQ magazine The Parliamentarian #TogetherWeEndPolio
Delighted that our Gender-Sensitive Parliaments Field Guide, which provides a blueprint for Parliaments to conduct a gender-sensitive review, is on the agenda at #CSW67 .
Thank you to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Chairperson Maria_Miller for highlighting it.
More info: cpahq.org/our-networks/c…
Pleased to see women parliamentarians from Kenya 🇰🇪 represented at UN #CSW67 by Hon.Gathoni Wamuchomba, HSC, MP.
A great example of how women's caucuses like KEWOPA can empower women parliamentarians on the world stage.
Learn more on women's caucuses w/ our new course:
cpahq.org/news/iwd-2023/
CPA Secretary-General Stephen Twigg introduced new Senators to the work of the CPA and the wider Commonwealth family today at our Post-Election Seminar with Senate of Kenya 🇰🇪
On International #EducationDay 2023, Parliamentarians across the Commonwealth are celebrating the vital role of #education as a ‘human right, a public good & a public responsibility’
#EducationForAll
International Parliamentary Network for Education Global Partnership for Education CEC
Read more⬇️
cpahq.org/news/2023_01-i…
153 million children are experiencing acute food insecurity.
To help tackle this, we have joined forces with World Food Programme & Research Consortium for School Health & Nutrition to help MPs scale up and improve School Meals Coalition programmes.
Full statement 👉 bit.ly/3YkVEWN
CPA BLOG: #Equality & #humanrights in the #Commonwealth
Marking 75th anniversary of #UDHR & #HumanRightsDay 2022
New perspectives on:
♿️Disabilities by #CPwD 's Laura Kanushu
🚓Detention by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
🟰 Equality by TCEN The Commonwealth Equality Network
New blog series⬇️
cpahq.org/knowledge-cent…
CWP ‘Champions for Gender Equality’ Workshop promotes equal representation in #Commonwealth Parliaments
Hosted by @ACT_Assembly 🇦🇺, it brought together female & male MPs to learn new skills to bring #genderequality to their respective Parliaments
More⬇️
cpahq.org/news/2022_12-c…
CPA Secretary-General Stephen Twigg joined the Speaker of TTParliament Hon. Bridgid Annisette-George & local MP Keith Scotland on visit Woodbrook Secondary School to speak to young people about the #Commonwealth & the CPA
Youth engagement is central to the values of the CPA