For first time, women represented in all parliaments of the world

Women in parliament: Slow progress towards equal representation

PNP DeskMarch 5, 2024September 18, 202405 mins

The global proportion of women in the world’s voting chambers inched up to 26.9 per cent on the back of elections and appointments through the year, the international organization said in its latest report on Women in Parliament. The growth was similar to the increase in 2022, but slower than the two years prior, IPU…

Global growth forecast to slow to 1.9% in 2023, warn UN economists

PNP DeskJanuary 25, 2023September 9, 202408 mins

This will be one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades, apart from during the 2007-8 financial crisis and the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “In most countries we expect that private consumption and investment will weaken due to inflation and higher interest rates”, said Ingo Pitterle, Senior Economist at the UN Department of…