At the ongoing 152nd @IPUparliament Assembly, amid a world facing converging crises—conflict, climate shocks, financing crisis, economic hardships, and rising misinformation—one message is emerging: We cannot afford to lose the hard-won gains in the health of women, children, and adolescents. At a High-Level Symposium of the Parliamentary Network for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health inspired by the @GLN_Community convened by Angela Thokozile Didiza and supported by @PMNCH and Inter-Parliamentary Union—parliamentarians came together to answer a critical question: How do we hold the line for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (#WCAH) in times of crisis? Because the reality is stark: In fragile settings, women, children and adolescents are the first to lose access to essential services—and the last to regain them. But there is also a path forward—and it runs through parliamentary leadership. 💬 A shared vision emerged: This network is a platform for collective and urgent action —it is a mechanism to translate global commitments into real national action, through legislation, oversight, and budgets that protect the most vulnerable. So what must happen now? The Parliamentary Network agreed on the following priorities: 🔹 Scale up smarter, fairer financing With urgency around domestic resource mobilization to sustain resilient health systems that care for women, children and adolescents 🔹 Invest in the health and well-being of adolescents Because their well-being today defines our collective future. 🔹 Protect essential health services—even in crisis Parliaments must safeguard sexual and reproductive health, maternal, newborn and child care, and community-based primary health care There was strong consensus: 👉 The Parliamentary Network is a critical space for peer learning, collaboration, and accountability 👉 Parliamentarians are central to country-led solutions in the face of global instability And importantly—this is just the beginning. 📍 Country experiences and progress in relation to financing their health sectors through domestic resources, including through the use of health taxation, will be shared at the 153rd IPU Assembly in Arusha—ensuring momentum continues. Because ultimately: There can be no peace and prosperity without the health and well-being of women, children, and adolescents. And there can be no health without peace. @khosla_rajat, @FlaviaBustreo, @elmaalignjaay, Sezin Karsli, Bertha Nghifikwa, Insa Danfa, Francis BELEKANYAMA, Zexana Hamid, @Senate_KE, National Assembly of Malawi, Parliament of Botswana, National Assembly of South Africa, National Assembly of Senegal, @keorapetsedlk @TuliaAckson, @cynthialopezc1, @SpeakerMutti, @AprajitaSarangi, @MaricarmenAlvaP, @MiltonDickMP, @SPNigeria, @iacovellixavier, @gryffroy, @ParliamentofRSA