South Africa has made great strides in establishing a constitutional and legislative framework for building a participatory democracy.

Although Sri Lanka has 51% women, their participation in local governance as well as in the national parliament is 5% in total.

Women are underrepresented in most elected and appointed positions in local government in the United States.

Gender quotas have diffused rapidly around the globe in recent decades, suggesting widespread and dramatic transformations in women's access to political power.

The Second Annual Summer School for Young Leaders from African Political Parties took place in Kigali, Rwanda, on 6–8 June 2018.

In November 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formed the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history. In announcing his cabinet, he ensured that half of his closest advisers (15 out of a total of 30) were women.

By Isabelle Arradon,