Publications

The IPU-UN Women map, presents global rankings for women in executive and government positions as of 1 January 2025.

A new IPU report analysing three decades of women in national parliaments reveals that the percentage of seats held by women has risen from 11.3% in 1995 to 27.2% in 2025.

In 2023, progress on women’s representation in parliament was slow and mixed.

In 2003, the IPU and the United Nations published

The IPU-UN Women map, presents global rankings for women in executive and government positions as of 1 January 2023.

In 2022, women’s leadership in the world’s parliaments continued with a slow pace of incremental growth as the world re-emerged after two years of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and losses.

The world walked into 2021 with the shadow of COVID-19 looming large over its head. As well as posing a major health risk, the pandemic had also caused economic and social upheaval.

The

The present regional study, the second in the series, focuses on parliaments in Africa and was carried out in partnership with the African Parliamentary Union (APU).

Equality in law is crucial to gender equality, as women and girls look to the laws of their State to protect, fulfil and enforce their rights.

The IPU-UN Women map, which presents global rankings for women in executive and government positions as of 1 January 2021, shows all-time highs for women heads of state and heads of government, wom