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Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-1

Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, says that she is starting a movement to allow women to be in places where they make big decisions for the country. Before the movement began, of 56 leadership positions in the government, only 7 were held by women. After the movement, 17 positions are held by women. As of a report in April, 27% of positions with decision-making power are held by women.
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"The 2021 election saw highest gains...During this time span, four women have held Mayoral seats. In Belize City, the female mayor served two terms. In San Pedro, the female Mayor served three" (23).
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Among elected officials, women accounted for 19.4 per cent of the 160 deputies (31 elected women deputies), 2.9 per cent of the 340 mayors (10 elected women mayors) and 11.6 per cent of 3,774 positions in municipal corporations. These results constitute a relative improvement over the previous elections in 2015, in which women obtained 13.9 per cent of seats, 3 per cent of mayoral positions and 12 per cent of positions in municipal corporations. Concerning appointed Cabinet positions, as at 30 September 2021, out of 14 ministries, one woman is head of the Ministry of Education, accounting for 7.1 per cent of the leadership" (16).
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"[T]he State party’s first woman Prime Minister, [was appointed] in 2017" (10). "Women are severely underrepresented in local administration, with only 9 of 169 municipalities having women as mayors, as well as in the foreign service, in the armed forces and in decision-making positions across all sectors" (10).
April 9, 2024, 7:36 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Her rival, Rishi Sunak, is not expected to be offered a job in her cabinet, a break from the tradition whereby most unsuccessful leadership contenders have been offered posts. The former chancellor told the BBC that the cabinet was “not something I’m thinking about”, and some allies suggested he would prefer to remain on the backbenches in case Truss’s leadership implodes"(para 17).
March 30, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"[There is a] high level of representation of women in the civil service of the State party… [A]t the deputy minister level, the percentage of women stood at 42 per cent" (9). "[O]nly 1 in 14 ministers is a woman" (9).
March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: GP-DATA-1

Table titled “Distribution of local elected officials by sex and position”, shows how many mayors were position-men or women, and the percentage of each gender in each province. The provinces listed were Estuaire, Haut-Ogooué, Moyen-Ogooué, Ngounié, Nyanga, Ogooué-Invido, Ogooué-Lolo, Ogooué-Maritime and Woleu-Ntem. The position-men Mayor showed 15, 16, 3, 8, 2, 5, 3, 4, and 7 for each province respectively. The position-women Mayor listed 8, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 4 and 0 for each province respectively. The %men Mayor for each province showed 21.43%, 30.18%, 21.42%, 21.05%, 11.11%, 25%, 14.9%, 16.66%, and 29.16% respectively. The %women Mayor gave 11.43%, 5.67%, 7.14%, 7.90%, 16.77%, 5%, 14.29%, 16.66%, and 0%...more
March 14, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: GP-DATA-1

Table sourced “Directorate General for Territorial Administration” presented the total territories, and the number of heads aggregated by gender. There are 146 cantons, 806 associations, and 2304 villages. The Heads of cantons consist of 138 M and 8 W. The Heads of associations comprise of 709 M and 97 W. The Village chiefs are 1855 M and 449 W (22).
March 14, 2024, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: GP-DATA-1

Table titled “Economic and Social Council-distribution by sex” provided four positions, the number of men and women and their respective percentages. The President position had 0 across the board for men, women and their percentages. The Vice-President position had 1 man and 1 woman, giving the percentages at 50% for both men and women. The Quaestos position comprised of 2 men, 0 women, 100% men, and 0% women. The position held by Bureau secretaries had 2 men and 1 woman which showed 66% men and 34% women respectively. The diagram total was 5 men, 2 women, 71% men and 29% women (8).
March 14, 2024, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: GP-DATA-1

Table titled “National Council of Communication-distribution by sex” provided three positions, the number of men and women and their respective percentages. The President position had 1 man and 0 women which produced 100% men and 0% women. The Vice-President position showed a composition of 0 men, 1 woman, 0% men and 100% women. The Councillors position had 8 men and 1 woman which recorded 88.89% men and 11.11% women. The diagram total was 9 men, 2 women, 82% men, and 18% women (8).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"[T]he first woman Speaker of Parliament [was elected]" (10). "[W]omen remain underrepresented in Parliament and in other high-level decision-making positions, there have been no women Governors, nor any women among the nine judges of the Constitutional Court, indigenous women are not represented in the Government and there is only one indigenous woman representative in Parliament" (10).
Feb. 16, 2024, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"At her inauguration earlier this year, Xiomara Castro, the first female president of Honduras, ended her speech with a message to women" (para 1).
Jan. 29, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"[W]omen [are underrepresented] in parliaments and governments at the national and local levels" (9).
Jan. 19, 2024, 12:06 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GP-DATA-1

“The following summary table shows the current situation with regard to the representation of women in decision-making bodies [within the government]”. Listed number 1 shows the government entity having a total number of 34 staff, 29 men, 5 women and a 14.7 percentage. Number 2 shows the Office of the president having 22 total number of staff with 20 men, 2 women and a percentage of 0.2. Number 3 records the Office of the Prime Minister with 43 total staff number, 38 men, 5 women and a 5.5 percentage. Number 4 records the entity of High Council for Communication having 8 staff total, 4 men, 4 women and a percentage...more
Jan. 16, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"One of Botswana’s greatest challenges is reaching the desired numbers of women in decision making positions, particularly in politics. However, significant progress has been made with regards to participation of women in public service decision making positions, with women accounting for more than 40% of those at Deputy Director level and above" (7). "The participation of women in politics and in general public life is still lagging behind. Botswana has not attained the international target of 50% women in decision making positions. Out of 1,611 of all those individuals who participate in high political posts and other public life, 429 are women compared to 1,182 of their male counterparts representing...more
Jan. 4, 2024, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"In September 2017, Madam Halimah Yacob, who was formerly the Speaker of Parliament, was appointed the first woman President of the Republic of Singapore. As of May 2021, there are nine women political office holders, up from six in October 2015" (18). "Six of the 25 Permanent Secretaries and ten of the 37 Deputy Secretaries were women as of 2020" (19). "[W]omen made up 20 per cent of full members and about 16 per cent of associate members in the Fatwa Committee" (25).
Nov. 21, 2023, 5:58 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"The Communist party has run China for 70 years, and in that time no woman has ever been a member of China’s Politburo Standing Committee, the small group that runs the country, much less led the party or been made president or premier" (para. 3). "Today under Xi, the CCP took a step back, also eliminating women from the next level of power too, the now 24-member Politburo. The new all-male line-up was revealed the day Xi formally extended his rule for a further five years, after the closing of the 20th Communist party congress in Beijing" (para. 4). "Since 1997, there had always been at least one female Politburo...more
Nov. 6, 2023, 11:49 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Local government agencies at all levels have continued to see an increasing number of female officials in leadership positions. The proportion of women holding chief positions in the leadership teams of provincial governments soared to 9.7 per cent in 2017, an increase of 6.5 percentage points compared with 2011. The percentage of leadership teams with female officials rose to 52.5 per cent in the functional departments of city-level governments and to 95.1 per cent in county-level governments" (16).
Nov. 3, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: GP-DATA-1

“Hoping to fight this was 28-year-old Park Ji-hyun, a women's rights campaigner, who, following the divisive election, was asked to lead the liberal opposition party. The party told her they needed her help to reform politics and represent young women. And so, despite having never been a politician, she agreed” (para 11). If the party needed Park in order to represent young women, they may not have other women on their team (ET - CODER COMMENT). “Park talks of her despair that she would be the only woman in meetings, and that when she spoke, nobody would respond. 'They just ignored me, and I ended up shouting into a void,'...more
Nov. 2, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-1

“Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in a general election that seems set to install her as Italy’s first female prime minister, leading the most far-right government since the fascist era of Benito Mussolini” (para 1). “And while Meloni is slated to make history as Italy’s first female prime minister, her politics do not mean that she is necessarily interested in advancing women’s rights” (para 21).
Nov. 1, 2023, 8:13 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Ethnic minority women are participating in political affairs at a significant higher level. They account for 41.3 per cent of the ethnic minority deputies to the 13th NPC and 34.85 per cent of the ethnic minority members of the 13th CPPCC National Committee. The percentage of ethnic minority women in local governments has risen steadily" (17). "According to statistics, 421 women with disabilities and 154 female family members and friends of persons with disabilities, including persons with nearly all categories of disabilities (such as physical, visual, hearing and speech, intellectual and mental disabilities) and their family and friends, have been elected as People’s Congress deputies and CPPCC members at or...more
Oct. 15, 2023, 2:22 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Men allow men to behave badly to women. That pervasive misogynist bias is often obscured by the optics of more women in boardrooms, in politics, and as public experts. But follow the money: it always tells you where power lies" (para 1). There are women in high-ranking government positions, even enough to seem that women have reasonable influence in government. Additionally, the speaker seems to believe that the most influential roles are reserved for men (ET - CODER COMMENT).
Sept. 30, 2023, 4 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: LBHO-LAW-1, GP-DATA-1

"The Committee welcomes the increased representation of women in the judiciary and at different levels of the executive branch and the increased participation of women in political parties. The Committee is concerned, however, about the following: (a) The postponement to 2030 of the full realization of the State party’s goal of 30 per cent representation of women in decision-making posts, in contrast with its previous gender equality strategy, which included a goal of 30 per cent representation by 2016, and target 5.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at achieving parity in decision-making" (p.10).
Sept. 26, 2023, 10:48 a.m.
Countries: Spain
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1, GP-DATA-1

"Spain is a country considered a reference for women's rights in Europe, especially since the adoption of a law on gender violence in 2004. The Sanchez government has more women than men in its ranks" (para 12).
Sept. 18, 2023, 2 a.m.
Countries: Bhutan
Variables: LO-LAW-1, LO-DATA-3, MARR-PRACTICE-7, GP-DATA-1

"Traditional society in Bhutan, which lies in the Eastern Himalayas between China and India, is matriarchal, and Bhutanese women do not have to contend with any institutionalized forms of discrimination. Participation in local and national decision-making is accessible to all genders, with female involvement reaching as high as 70 percent at the grassroots level. Women account for nearly half of land owners, increasing to 60 percent in rural regions" (para 2).
Sept. 18, 2023, 2 a.m.
Countries: Bhutan
Variables: LO-LAW-1, LO-DATA-3, MARR-PRACTICE-7, GP-DATA-1

"Traditional society in Bhutan, which lies in the Eastern Himalayas between China and India, is matriarchal, and Bhutanese women do not have to contend with any institutionalized forms of discrimination. Participation in local and national decision-making is accessible to all genders, with female involvement reaching as high as 70 percent at the grassroots level. Women account for nearly half of land owners, increasing to 60 percent in rural regions." (para.2).
Sept. 12, 2023, 11:48 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Vice Premier Sun Chunlan is the only woman among the men of the 25-person Politburo that runs the giant country. In 70 years of the Chinese Communist Party, there has never been a single woman on the Politburo's elite Standing Committee" (para 24-25).
Aug. 8, 2023, 12:20 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"The involvement of women in decision-making bodies has resulted in major progress, including, most notably:...Women are occupying an increasing number of command posts in the territorial administration; a female regional governor (Fatick) and female departmental prefects (Guinguinéo and Saint-Louis) have been appointed. The representation of women in the local administration has risen from 11 to 47.2 percent. Fifty members of the High Council for Territorial Units – 33.3 percent of the total number of members – are women. Meanwhile, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council is chaired by a woman and its bureau is gender-balanced, with six women and six men, like that of the High Council for Territorial Units..."...more
July 21, 2023, 11:58 a.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"[F]rom 21 February 2017 a woman was appointed the First vice-president of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Currently, 20 members of the Parliament of 125 members are women. At the same time, one of deputy speakers of the Milli Majlis is woman… At the same time, each of discipline and vote count commissions having 7 members has one MP as a woman. 1 woman member of Parliament is elected the Vice President of the PACE Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media. Furthermore, another woman MP is acting as the deputy chair of the PACE Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter and General Rapporteur on Children" (18).
July 10, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"...and in the 2017 Local Council Elections, women made up only 6% of elected local councillors. Women comprise 36% of the Cabinet as of November 2018 (increased from 15% under the previous administration in 2017) this as an achievement of the Government of Maldives, 20% among Ministers of State, 15% among Permanent Secretaries..."(17).