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Challenging times: How to get a virtual Parliament up and running during the coronavirus pandemic
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WFD statement on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
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We need intentional virtual parliaments

By Victoria Hasson, WFD’s Senior Parliamentary Adviser Around the world parliaments are going virtual. But what this looks like, and its implications for the institution’s democratic standing, varies as widely as the impact of COVID-19 on any given country. The dangers of going digital are easy to anticipate and beginning to surface. What is clear […]

Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is the UK public body dedicated to supporting democracy around the world.

WFD partners with UK political parties, parliaments, electoral and financial audit institutions to help over 30 developing countries make their governments fairer, more effective and accountable.