Sentence examples for ipu from inspiring English sources

The IPU called this "encouraging", but IPU secretary general Martin Chungong also acknowledged that progress had stalled in 2014.

More than 40% of female MPs interviewed by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) said they had received threats of death, rape, beatings or abduction while serving their terms, including threats to kidnap or kill their children.

When the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) did its latest report on the proportion of women that are cabinet ministers in January, the UK ranked a lowly 20th out of the 28 EU countries (and 54th in the world).

At a meeting in Geneva, Bishop failed in her bid to be elected president of the IPU.

A European parliamentarian told the IPU: "If a woman speaks loudly in parliament, she is 'shushed' with a finger to the mouth … That never happens when a man speaks loudly".

The travel was part of a parliamentary delegation to the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU).

The UK doesn't show up well in this particular set of statistics from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Voting by refugees and the displaced is nothing new; both the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), as well as host states, have contributed in the past to the processes of registration, balloting and the count.

The spokesman denied Bishop was seeking out a new job, saying the position of president of the IPU must be filled by a serving MP.

With no 4-16 team playoff to let the players, not the writers or IPUs, decide who is the winner, fans are left with an annual emptiness instead of a decisive champion.

"The trip is being supported by the UK branch of the Inter-Parliamentary Union [IPU], and is being made on a reciprocal basis," a statement from Jack Straw's office said.