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Monday, October 30, 2023
Women Peace and Security Index
The 2023 edition of the global Women Peace and Security Index (WPS Index) scores and ranks 177 countries in terms of women’s inclusion, justice, and security. No country performs perfectly on the WPS Index and the results reveal wide disparities...
House of commons
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Women in politics and public life
In both politics and public life in the UK, women have historically been underrepresented. In recent years women’s representation has increased, although in most cases men remain overrepresented, especially in more senior positions. This briefing...
UN Women and IPU
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Women in politics: 2023
The “Women in politics: 2023” map, created by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women, presents new data for women in executive positions and national parliaments as of 1 January 2023. Data show that women are underrepresented at all levels...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris—meets with Honduran President Xiomara Castro, thon Jan. 27. (Instagram / Ms Magazine)
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Women are more likely to get elected to local bodies than to national parliaments
By Akshi Chawla As women elected officials move from local politics towards the subnational and national levels, they begin to be replaced by more and more men. Women comprise just over one-third (36 percent) of the over 6 million elected members in...
International IDEA
Monday, March 22, 2021
Women’s Political Participation: Africa Barometer 2021
African countries are still far from achieving women’s equal and effective participation in political decision-making. Women constitute only 24 per cent of the 12,113 parliamentarians in Africa, 25 per cent in the lower houses, and 20 per cent in...
UNW IPU
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Women in Politics Map 2021
The IPU-UN Women map, which presents global rankings for women in executive and government positions as of 1 January 2021, shows all-time highs for women heads of state and heads of government, women Speakers of parliament and women MPs and...
Monday, June 29, 2020
Women elected officials database
The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, is proud to announce the launch of the online CAWP Women Elected Officials Database, a first-of-its-kind tool for exploring and...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Women in Politics Map 2020
This map is a unique visual tool that captures women’s participation in executive government and in parliament on a given date—1st January 2020. The map of Women in Politics not only provides a country ranking for both ministerial and parliamentary...
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Women’s political representation and legislative achievements: How women are changing state legislatures
Women made great strides in political representation in 2018. There has been significant media attention devoted to the historic gains women made in Congress, but the shift in political representation the states was equally significant. Women’s...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Women in Politics Map 2019
This map is a unique visual tool that captures women’s participation in executive government and in parliament on a given date—1st January 2019. The map of Women in Politics not only provides a country ranking for both ministerial and parliamentary...
Thursday, June 07, 2018
Women hold at least half of ministerial positions in these countries
List as of 7 June 2018. Spain joins a handful of countries where women hold at least half of ministerial portfolios. 1. Spain The new government of Spain includes 11 women ministers and five men in addition to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. After the...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Women in Public Service Project
Using data to bridge the gender gap Globally, women make up 49.7% of the population but hold only 22% of public offices. The Women in Public Service Project Data Portal seeks to answer why this is so, and how to increase the percentage of women in...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Women in Politics Map 2017
A unique visual tool to capture women’s participation in executive government and in parliament on a given date – 1st January 2017. The map of Women in Politics not only provides a country ranking for both ministerial and parliamentary...
trump cabinet
Wednesday, December 07, 2016
Women appointed to Presidential Cabinets in the United States
With many positions left to fill, President-elect Trump has already tapped several women for important positions in his administration. They include: Governor Nikki Haley as U.N. ambassador and charter school advocate Betsy DeVos as secretary of...
Women in politics map
Friday, September 26, 2014
Women in Politics Map (2014)
Launched by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women, the map shows that while progress on women’s political participation continues to be largely positive across the world, glass ceilings remain firmly in place for women at the highest levels. 
Friday, September 12, 2014
Women in Government
This wonderful infographic summarizes all the relevant data on women in all branches of government as well as legislation in place for women's political participation from around the world.
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Women in Power and Decision-making
Women are often dynamic leaders of change, galvanizing women and men to get involved, claim their rights, strengthen their communities and protect their planet. Their participation is fundamental to democratic governance. Yet women still have far to...
Monday, April 21, 2014
Women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
UN Women 2014 inforgraphic on women in science and technology.  

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