Despite progress, women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership roles worldwide
The recent proposal for a 33% reservation for women in India’s Parliament has attracted considerable attention(women leadership statistics). Although women comprise nearly half of the global population, their representation in powerful positions remains limited.
According to UN data available as of January 1there are just 30women who are heads of states or governments in 28 countries. There are 16 countries with women as presidents and 21 countries where women serve as prime ministers. The share of women occupying cabinet positions globally is 22.4%, and only 14 countries have achieved at least 50% women in their cabinets.
The share of women in the world’s parliaments, at 27.5%, is significantly up from merely 1% in 1995. But only seven countries have managed 50% or more women in their lower houses of parliament. Twenty-one nations have fewer than 10% women, while three countries lack female representatives.
In India, women account for only 13.63% of the total Lok Sabha and 17.14% of the total Rajya Sabha members. There are ample studies showing that women-led regions, particularly panchayats, perform better, especially in the provision of basic social facilities like drinking water.
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