We have commissioned the development of this handbook to provide women parliamentarians, specifically chairs and members of parliamentary committees with the confidence and skills necessary to effectively communicate with media and the public.

Download here.

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"I recommend this book to you. Read it and use it!"

Hon. Rebecca Kadaga MP, Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament and former Chair of CPA Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP)

"I commend CPA UK, UN Women and BeSpoke Skills for developing this informative and helpful toolkit. It provides tools, techniques and advice to help women be more effective and clear communicators to effectively scrutinise, represent, and advocate on behalf of the people we represent and to be leaders within our parliamentary institutions."

Rt Hon. Maria Miller MP, Chair, Women & Equalities Committee, House of Commons, UK Parliament

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As part of its strategic objectives to strengthen parliamentary democracy with a key priority to empower women in parliament and increase gender equality, CPA UK continues to develop programmes and projects to strengthen the capacity of women parliamentarians across the Commonwealth.

Over many years CPA UK has worked with women parliamentarians in Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Pakistan, Zambia and Ghana. This handbook has been developed to build upon that work, ensuring long-term sustainability in continued capacity building and skills building for current and future women parliamentarians.

The handbook has been written and developed by a leading communications specialist with experience and expertise in working with women parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth and is tailored to meet many of the challenges they can face within their unique national political, cultural and social context.