New IPU report: more women in parliament and more countries with gender parity
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union
The global proportion of women parliamentarians has increased by 0.6 percentage points to reach 26.1 per cent according to the IPU’s latest Women in Parliament in 2021 report. This is in line with progress seen in the past two years. The increase can be largely attributed to the critical role played by well-designed quotas.
In the 48 countries that had parliamentary elections in 2021, women candidates won 28.6 per cent of the new seats, a cumulative improvement of 2.1 percentage points compared to previous elections. Five countries now have gender parity or a greater share of women in parliament, up from three in 2020 (Mexico and Nicaragua joined Cuba, Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates).
Click here to read the full article published by Inter-Parliamentary Union on 3 March 2022.
The global proportion of women parliamentarians has increased by 0.6 percentage points to reach 26.1 per cent according to the IPU’s latest Women in Parliament in 2021 report. This is in line with progress seen in the past two years. The increase can be largely attributed to the critical role played by well-designed quotas.
In the 48 countries that had parliamentary elections in 2021, women candidates won 28.6 per cent of the new seats, a cumulative improvement of 2.1 percentage points compared to previous elections. Five countries now have gender parity or a greater share of women in parliament, up from three in 2020 (Mexico and Nicaragua joined Cuba, Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates).
Click here to read the full article published by Inter-Parliamentary Union on 3 March 2022.