The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has placed Cuba as the second of the five countries in the world that boast gender parity in parliament and the country with the second-highest proportion of women deputies.
A recent IPU report concluded that five nations reached gender parity or a higher proportion of women in their lower or single chamber in 2022. Those nations are Rwanda (61.3%), Cuba (53.4%), Nicaragua (51.7%), Mexico (50%) and the United Arab Emirates (50%).
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