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Women’s Power Index: find out where women lead—and why it matters

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July 24, 2023

Women’s Power Index: find out where women lead—and why it matters

Source: Council on Foreign Relations


The Women and Foreign Policy program’s most recent update of the “Women’s Power Index” ranks 193 UN member states on their progress toward gender parity in political participation. It analyzes the proportion of women who serve as heads of state or government, in cabinets, in national legislatures, as candidates for national legislatures, and in local government bodies, and visualizes the gender gap in political representation.

Click here to read the full article published by Council on Foreign Relations on 20 July 2023.

Author
Linda Robinson and Noël James

The Women and Foreign Policy program’s most recent update of the “Women’s Power Index” ranks 193 UN member states on their progress toward gender parity in political participation. It analyzes the proportion of women who serve as heads of state or government, in cabinets, in national legislatures, as candidates for national legislatures, and in local government bodies, and visualizes the gender gap in political representation.

Click here to read the full article published by Council on Foreign Relations on 20 July 2023.

Author
Linda Robinson and Noël James