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Issues That Effect Youth Show 29 with Host Olaniyan Taibat - Youth and Political Participation
Season 1
• 1.65% of parliamentarians around the world are in their 20s and 11.87 % are in their 30s2
• The average age of parliamentarians globally is 53 (50 years old for women parliamentarians)
• Young people between the ages of 15 and 25 constitute a fifth of the world’s population.
In the area of political participation, in a third of countries, eligibility for national parliament starts at 25 years old or older.
References
https://thebestschools.org/magazine/common-forms-of-government-study-starters/
https://www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/the-difference-between-a-constitutional-republic-and-a-democracy/article_e87457a6-f105-593c-9486-2a15413f3bbc.html
https://cptl.asu.edu/civic-literacy-curriculum/section1#:~:text=A%20constitutional%20republic%20means%20that,rules%20established%20in%20that%20Constitution.
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