Notorious for genocide Rwanda has the highest percentage of women in parliament at 61 percent

New York, September 22, 2021, Wednesday

Each country has its own system of government and constitution, in which elected or appointed representatives present public questions to the government. There are a total of 215 delegates in the various parliaments of the world or in its main administrative structure in which 9 are men and 1120 women are in the parliament or in the main body of the country's administration. In the administrative system also, the lower house has 2013 members out of which 6 are men and 20 are women. There are a total of 203 members in the Upper House or the Senate, of which six are men and only 150 are women.

Thus women's representation in various parliaments or major administrative bodies of the world is one-fourth. Such conditions are found in almost every corner of the globe. India currently has 18 per cent women in parliament, compared to an average of 12.5 per cent in Asia. In Europe's upper and lower houses, 20.5 per cent are women. In Africa and the sub-Saharan Africa, women's representation is 5 per cent.

In addition, Namibia has 2.7 per cent women in parliament, South Africa 2.4 per cent, Senegal 21.5 per cent and Namibia 2.7 per cent. According to the UN Women's Organization, nine countries in the world have held high political positions so far, while 117 countries have never had a woman in a high political position. There is also injustice in giving women a place in the cabinet in which 51% women get a chance. Only 12 per cent of the world's countries have a parallel status for women in the cabinet. A similar condition is found in the local body. The goal is to have women's leadership in political and public spheres in parallel by 2020.

Percentage of subcontinent and women representation

United States - 30.5 percent

Europe 2.4 percent

Africa 2.00 percent

Asia 12.5 percent

Arab countries 12.5 percent

Pacific 12.5 percent