Historically, international relations have been one of the fields with the lowest female representation within the world of politics: except for a few notable exceptions, diplomacy has typically been a “man’s world” (Barrios Baron, 2020; Cengiz, 2023). A clear indicator in this direction is the fact that no woman has yet served as Secretary General in the United Nations.
At the same time, according to a report by GQUAL (2022), on the composition of 88 international tribunals and organisations, out of 578 positions, 234 are occupied by women, reaching only 40.48% of the total. The proportion remains practically the same at the regional level in Latin America and the Caribbean, representing 39% of female participation.
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