Indigenous Peoples and Political Participation

10/12/21 • 33 min

Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth

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 participant in the Commonwealth Youth Parliament.

Music: Vine Crawler by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
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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 participant in the Commonwealth Youth Parliament.

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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 refugees live across 34 camps.
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Music: Vine Crawler by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

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

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 inequality (19:10)
highlights that COVID-19 had left 'unanswered questions' about children's mental health (22:55)
calls the situation in Afghanistan 'absolutely heart-breaking to watch' (31:12)
admits that the Commonwealth must 'stare' its colonial history 'in the face' in order to move forward (32:40)