CWP Canadian Region

The CWP Canadian Region encourages legislative assemblies to host twinning programs between young women and women parliamentarians. The objectives of the program are as follows: 

• to allow young women aged 17 to 25 to experience parliamentary life by accompanying women parliamentarians in their daily activities. 
• To generate political interest among young women. 
• To offer women parliamentarians an opportunity to have exchanges with young women regarding their concerns and interests. 

While each legislature is responsible for organizing its twinning program, the Region used funds from the CWP 2024 Regional Strengthening Funds to develop a guide to assist them in setting up a program. It provides a proposed framework and structure based on lessons learned and best practices that have emerged from recent programs. 

Click here to open the PDF version of the Guide for Twinning Programs.