Latest items for GP-DATA-1
April 15, 2025, 7:13 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The proportion of women among village committee chairpersons is 11.9%. Percentage of women among village council members increases to 23.8% . In 2019, the proportion of women among village committee members was 23.8%, which is far from the target of 'reaching more than 30%' by 2020. The percentage of women among village committee chairmen is 11.9%, although the target of "reaching more than 10%" has been achieved ahead of schedule, half of the regions are still below the target" (13).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The proportion of women among village committee chairpersons is 11.9%. Percentage of women among village council members increases to 23.8% . In 2019, the proportion of women among village committee members was 23.8%, which is far from the target of 'reaching more than 30%' by 2020. The percentage of women among village committee chairmen is 11.9%, although the target of "reaching more than 10%" has been achieved ahead of schedule, half of the regions are still below the target" (13).
April 11, 2025, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[T]here is only one female governor who won votes in the 2018 Regional Election in East Java" (6). "The Statistic Bureau data 2018 shows there were only 7% of female village heads out of 78.000 villages. Through a report published by National Development Planning Agency, the Head of Women Village only amounted to 5% of the 83,931 village-level administrative areas in Indonesia. The number of females in Village Legislative Body is also exceedingly small and the representation has not reached 30% in each village" (7).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[T]here is only one female governor who won votes in the 2018 Regional Election in East Java" (6). "The Statistic Bureau data 2018 shows there were only 7% of female village heads out of 78.000 villages. Through a report published by National Development Planning Agency, the Head of Women Village only amounted to 5% of the 83,931 village-level administrative areas in Indonesia. The number of females in Village Legislative Body is also exceedingly small and the representation has not reached 30% in each village" (7).
April 10, 2025, 7:06 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[O]nly 2 women have been elected as state governors (representing 8 per cent of all governors) and 62 as mayors (representing 19 per cent of all mayors)… [and] only 9 of the 33 Ministries of the People’s Power are headed by women" (8).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[O]nly 2 women have been elected as state governors (representing 8 per cent of all governors) and 62 as mayors (representing 19 per cent of all mayors)… [and] only 9 of the 33 Ministries of the People’s Power are headed by women" (8).
April 9, 2025, 10:24 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Figure 2, titled "Percentage Representation of men and Women in Political Senior Positions in the Government, 2019" shows that women constituted 32% of the Cabinet, 0% of the Ministerial Rank, 23% of State Ministers, 29% of State Ministers Rank, 28% of Deputy Ministers, and 36% of Deputy Ministers Rank" (9).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Figure 2, titled "Percentage Representation of men and Women in Political Senior Positions in the Government, 2019" shows that women constituted 32% of the Cabinet, 0% of the Ministerial Rank, 23% of State Ministers, 29% of State Ministers Rank, 28% of Deputy Ministers, and 36% of Deputy Ministers Rank" (9).
April 4, 2025, 9:14 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The representation of women in decision-making positions in the executive branch increased from 15.4 per cent (two female ministers) during the 2009–2014 presidential term to 35.7 per cent (five female ministers) in the 2014–2019 presidential term and 43.8 per cent (seven female ministers) in the 2019–2024 presidential term" (14). "There was no change in women’s representation in municipal councils in 2021 relative to 2018. In 2021, 29 of the total number of mayors’ offices in the country are headed by women, representing 11.1 per cent of the total" (14).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The representation of women in decision-making positions in the executive branch increased from 15.4 per cent (two female ministers) during the 2009–2014 presidential term to 35.7 per cent (five female ministers) in the 2014–2019 presidential term and 43.8 per cent (seven female ministers) in the 2019–2024 presidential term" (14). "There was no change in women’s representation in municipal councils in 2021 relative to 2018. In 2021, 29 of the total number of mayors’ offices in the country are headed by women, representing 11.1 per cent of the total" (14).
April 3, 2025, 9:02 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"However, it remains an open issue whether this positive development would translate into the women's positioning in the executive government branch, because the practice so far shows that women are very rarely appointed at ministerial and other high-level executive positions. This will only be seen in the coming period, as it is still not close to establishing the executive bodies (on the state level, nor on the entity level, and not even close to resolving the increasingly complex political situation that is in direct connection with the implementation Election results)" (8-9). "[I]n the political bodies that make the most important political decisions in the integration process, decisions on issues that...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"However, it remains an open issue whether this positive development would translate into the women's positioning in the executive government branch, because the practice so far shows that women are very rarely appointed at ministerial and other high-level executive positions. This will only be seen in the coming period, as it is still not close to establishing the executive bodies (on the state level, nor on the entity level, and not even close to resolving the increasingly complex political situation that is in direct connection with the implementation Election results)" (8-9). "[I]n the political bodies that make the most important political decisions in the integration process, decisions on issues that...more
April 2, 2025, 5:23 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"This could also explain the decrease of two percentage points in terms of women's representation in the councils (32.30% of women councilors elected in 2016 ; 30.25% of women councilors elected in 2020)" (9). "At the Central Bank, which is the body where the main economic decisions are taken, none of the 10 members of its Monetary Board is a woman. In the municipal elections held in March 2020, it was only possible to reach the quota at the municipal council level (30.25 per cent), and in the mayoral offices women barely reached 12.03 per cent. Women's participation in decision-making bodies has historically remained very low, despite the regulations in...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"This could also explain the decrease of two percentage points in terms of women's representation in the councils (32.30% of women councilors elected in 2016 ; 30.25% of women councilors elected in 2020)" (9). "At the Central Bank, which is the body where the main economic decisions are taken, none of the 10 members of its Monetary Board is a woman. In the municipal elections held in March 2020, it was only possible to reach the quota at the municipal council level (30.25 per cent), and in the mayoral offices women barely reached 12.03 per cent. Women's participation in decision-making bodies has historically remained very low, despite the regulations in...more
March 28, 2025, 5:29 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[N]o woman has ever been elected governor, vice-president or president" (para 7).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[N]o woman has ever been elected governor, vice-president or president" (para 7).
March 28, 2025, 2:34 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Shihana Alazzaz was appointed deputy secretary-general of the council of ministers in Saudi Arabia in 2022, becoming the first woman to hold the position" (para 16).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Shihana Alazzaz was appointed deputy secretary-general of the council of ministers in Saudi Arabia in 2022, becoming the first woman to hold the position" (para 16).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The Committee commends the State party on its high-level delegation, which was headed by the First Constitutional Vice-President of the Republic of Peru and Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Dina Boluarte Zegarra" (1).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The Committee commends the State party on its high-level delegation, which was headed by the First Constitutional Vice-President of the Republic of Peru and Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Dina Boluarte Zegarra" (1).
March 27, 2025, 8:11 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Three-and-a-half years after Angela Merkel, the only woman to serve as chancellor, retired, German national politics seem to be backsliding when it comes to gender parity" (para 3). "When Chancellor Olaf Scholz formed his cabinet in 2021, he vowed that he would name as many women as men to be ministers. That balance stayed in place until Christine Lambrecht, the defense minister, was forced to resign over criticism about Germany’s provision of aid to Ukraine, and was replaced by a man. Mr. Merz has cited Ms. Lambrecht as an example to explain why, when he names a new, conservative-led government, he will not be striving for gender parity" (para 12-13).more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Three-and-a-half years after Angela Merkel, the only woman to serve as chancellor, retired, German national politics seem to be backsliding when it comes to gender parity" (para 3). "When Chancellor Olaf Scholz formed his cabinet in 2021, he vowed that he would name as many women as men to be ministers. That balance stayed in place until Christine Lambrecht, the defense minister, was forced to resign over criticism about Germany’s provision of aid to Ukraine, and was replaced by a man. Mr. Merz has cited Ms. Lambrecht as an example to explain why, when he names a new, conservative-led government, he will not be striving for gender parity" (para 12-13).more
March 27, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Women represent one deputy prime minister, 1 senior minister, 2 other ministers, and 16% of secretaries of state" (6). "At the sub-national level, there is 1 female provincial governor, 1 female provincial councilor chief, and only 6 females chief of district/khan councils" (6).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Women represent one deputy prime minister, 1 senior minister, 2 other ministers, and 16% of secretaries of state" (6). "At the sub-national level, there is 1 female provincial governor, 1 female provincial councilor chief, and only 6 females chief of district/khan councils" (6).
March 20, 2025, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Although two women — Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia — served as prime ministers of Bangladesh for 31 out of 33 years since 1991, the representation of women in national politics is still negligible" (para 1). "'Our prime minister is a glaring example that the women can march forward in the realm of politics if they are given opportunity,' said Quader. 'We had another woman as prime minister in the past. Yet, our society and political parties don't give women priority'" (para 11).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Although two women — Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia — served as prime ministers of Bangladesh for 31 out of 33 years since 1991, the representation of women in national politics is still negligible" (para 1). "'Our prime minister is a glaring example that the women can march forward in the realm of politics if they are given opportunity,' said Quader. 'We had another woman as prime minister in the past. Yet, our society and political parties don't give women priority'" (para 11).
March 20, 2025, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The second ever Māori queen in the eight-monarch reign of the Kiingitanga movement in New Zealand has ascended to the throne in an emotional ceremony attended by thousands at Turangawaewae marae. On Thursday morning Māori leaders hailed her as the 'new dawn'. Nga Wai Hono i te po Paki, the only daughter and youngest child of the former Māori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, was revealed as the new queen on the final morning of the six-day tangihanga (funeral) of her father, marking the beginning of a new generation in the resistance movement" (para 1-3). "At the Te Whakawahinga (raising up) ceremony in the small town of Ngāruawāhia, Nga...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The second ever Māori queen in the eight-monarch reign of the Kiingitanga movement in New Zealand has ascended to the throne in an emotional ceremony attended by thousands at Turangawaewae marae. On Thursday morning Māori leaders hailed her as the 'new dawn'. Nga Wai Hono i te po Paki, the only daughter and youngest child of the former Māori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, was revealed as the new queen on the final morning of the six-day tangihanga (funeral) of her father, marking the beginning of a new generation in the resistance movement" (para 1-3). "At the Te Whakawahinga (raising up) ceremony in the small town of Ngāruawāhia, Nga...more
March 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The outgoing chancellor, Olaf Scholz, put a premium on gender parity in his centre-left-led government, maintaining a near 50/50 balance until the coalition imploded in November. His predecessor, Merkel, rejected quotas but steadily included more women in her cabinets during her 16 years in power. Her last cabinet had nine male ministers and eight women, including herself" (para 13-14).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The outgoing chancellor, Olaf Scholz, put a premium on gender parity in his centre-left-led government, maintaining a near 50/50 balance until the coalition imploded in November. His predecessor, Merkel, rejected quotas but steadily included more women in her cabinets during her 16 years in power. Her last cabinet had nine male ministers and eight women, including herself" (para 13-14).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Minority women are barely represented in government and local authorities" (6).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Minority women are barely represented in government and local authorities" (6).
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The State party had broken a taboo in the Arab world by appointing women to lead the Ministries of Defence, Foreign Affairs and Justice for the first time" (9).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The State party had broken a taboo in the Arab world by appointing women to lead the Ministries of Defence, Foreign Affairs and Justice for the first time" (9).
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"In 2020, following elections to individual posts in the Executive Branch at the state and municipal levels, 17 per cent of the elected Governors and 23 per cent of the elected Mayors were women. In the Executive Branch, more women are playing leadership roles in decision-making and occupying senior posts as Ministers, Deputy Ministers, presidents of institutions, directors and rectors of universities. The period between 2013 and 2020 saw the appointment of Delcy Rodriguez to the post of Executive Vice-President of the Republic in June 2018 and in October 2020 Carmen Meléndez was reappointed to the post of Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace. In 2020, 33 per cent...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"In 2020, following elections to individual posts in the Executive Branch at the state and municipal levels, 17 per cent of the elected Governors and 23 per cent of the elected Mayors were women. In the Executive Branch, more women are playing leadership roles in decision-making and occupying senior posts as Ministers, Deputy Ministers, presidents of institutions, directors and rectors of universities. The period between 2013 and 2020 saw the appointment of Delcy Rodriguez to the post of Executive Vice-President of the Republic in June 2018 and in October 2020 Carmen Meléndez was reappointed to the post of Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace. In 2020, 33 per cent...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"In our communities traditional leaders are mostly men" (7). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"In our communities traditional leaders are mostly men" (7). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 11, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
Countries: Iceland
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Organisers hope the women’s strike – whose confirmed participants include fishing industry workers, teachers, nurses and the PM, Katrín Jakobsdóttir – will bring society to a standstill to draw attention to the country’s ongoing gender pay gap and widespread gender-based and sexual violence. The event will mark the first full-day women’s strike since 1975, when 90% of Icelandic women refused to work as part of “kvennafrí” (women’s day off), leading to pivotal change including the world’s first female elected president of a country" (par. 2-3). The current prime minister in Iceland is a woman and this quote also shows there was a female president in Iceland in the past (IME...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Organisers hope the women’s strike – whose confirmed participants include fishing industry workers, teachers, nurses and the PM, Katrín Jakobsdóttir – will bring society to a standstill to draw attention to the country’s ongoing gender pay gap and widespread gender-based and sexual violence. The event will mark the first full-day women’s strike since 1975, when 90% of Icelandic women refused to work as part of “kvennafrí” (women’s day off), leading to pivotal change including the world’s first female elected president of a country" (par. 2-3). The current prime minister in Iceland is a woman and this quote also shows there was a female president in Iceland in the past (IME...more
March 4, 2025, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: GP-DATA-1, GP-DATA-6, AFE-DATA-1
"Turkey mentions in its report that 46 per cent of judges (para. 98), 45 per cent of the academic staff (para. 96), 39.6 per cent of public officials (para. 92) are women" (6).
Variables: GP-DATA-1, GP-DATA-6, AFE-DATA-1
"Turkey mentions in its report that 46 per cent of judges (para. 98), 45 per cent of the academic staff (para. 96), 39.6 per cent of public officials (para. 92) are women" (6).
March 4, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: GP-DATA-1
“New polls indicating that Sanae Takaichi, the economic security minister, is among the three candidates expected to be in the running in a 27 September vote for leader of the governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP), has raised the prospect that Japan could soon have its first female prime minister” (para 11).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
“New polls indicating that Sanae Takaichi, the economic security minister, is among the three candidates expected to be in the running in a 27 September vote for leader of the governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP), has raised the prospect that Japan could soon have its first female prime minister” (para 11).
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[S]ince October 2022, there have been no women at the highest executive level" (Page 9). "The Committee notes with concern women’s low representation in political life in Hong Kong, China, where women account for only 18 per cent of the members of the Legislative Council, the Executive Council and the Office of the Chief Executive" (Page 20).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[S]ince October 2022, there have been no women at the highest executive level" (Page 9). "The Committee notes with concern women’s low representation in political life in Hong Kong, China, where women account for only 18 per cent of the members of the Legislative Council, the Executive Council and the Office of the Chief Executive" (Page 20).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[T]he government is composed of only 5 women out of 33 ministers, i.e. 15% of women against the 30% stipulated by the quota law" (10). "There is also almost no representation of women in traditional chieftaincy positions (canton chief, village chief, etc.). There are no women canton chiefs and fewer than five women are village chiefs, because they themselves founded their villages. Otherwise no woman can inherit that position according to traditional norms" (10).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[T]he government is composed of only 5 women out of 33 ministers, i.e. 15% of women against the 30% stipulated by the quota law" (10). "There is also almost no representation of women in traditional chieftaincy positions (canton chief, village chief, etc.). There are no women canton chiefs and fewer than five women are village chiefs, because they themselves founded their villages. Otherwise no woman can inherit that position according to traditional norms" (10).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"President Emmanuel Macron has been lauded for choosing a woman as interim prime minister" (para 6). "Elisabeth Borne recently became the second woman in France to be named prime minister. Following Ms. Borne’s appointment in May, Edith Cresson – France’s first female prime minister from 1991 to 1992 – wished the new leader 'lots of luck,' while heavily criticizing the French political class for its 'machismo'" (para 14).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"President Emmanuel Macron has been lauded for choosing a woman as interim prime minister" (para 6). "Elisabeth Borne recently became the second woman in France to be named prime minister. Following Ms. Borne’s appointment in May, Edith Cresson – France’s first female prime minister from 1991 to 1992 – wished the new leader 'lots of luck,' while heavily criticizing the French political class for its 'machismo'" (para 14).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:53 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Superficially it might seem that Italy has made important progress on equality: the country now has not only a female prime minister but also a female leader of the opposition, Elly Schlein" (par. 15).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Superficially it might seem that Italy has made important progress on equality: the country now has not only a female prime minister but also a female leader of the opposition, Elly Schlein" (par. 15).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"According to North Korea’s 2016 state party report submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee), women had minimal representation in positions of influence within the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), comprising 10 percent of divisional directors in government bodies, 11.9 percent of judges and lawyers, 4.9 percent of diplomats, and 16.5 percent of officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the time of that report, there were no women in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, the main policymaking mechanism in the country" (par. 4). "The number of women in the Central Committee has doubled between 2016...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"According to North Korea’s 2016 state party report submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee), women had minimal representation in positions of influence within the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), comprising 10 percent of divisional directors in government bodies, 11.9 percent of judges and lawyers, 4.9 percent of diplomats, and 16.5 percent of officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the time of that report, there were no women in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, the main policymaking mechanism in the country" (par. 4). "The number of women in the Central Committee has doubled between 2016...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"There was an increase in the number of women candidates and in women’s participation in decision-making bodies, in both public and private life, although the number of women who held positions in those bodies remained low. The Monetary Board, which takes the main decisions in the financial and economic system, had 10 members, only one of whom was a woman, who held the position of Secretary. In the Executive Branch, the position of Vice-President of the Republic was held by a woman, but women continued to be in the minority at the highest ministerial level, with three female Ministers (of Higher Education, Women and Youth) in a total of 22...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"There was an increase in the number of women candidates and in women’s participation in decision-making bodies, in both public and private life, although the number of women who held positions in those bodies remained low. The Monetary Board, which takes the main decisions in the financial and economic system, had 10 members, only one of whom was a woman, who held the position of Secretary. In the Executive Branch, the position of Vice-President of the Republic was held by a woman, but women continued to be in the minority at the highest ministerial level, with three female Ministers (of Higher Education, Women and Youth) in a total of 22...more
Feb. 21, 2025, 4:36 p.m.
Countries: Mexico, Namibia
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Mexico and Namibia both elected their first female presidents" (para 5).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Mexico and Namibia both elected their first female presidents" (para 5).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Israel has had a female prime minister, Golda Meir from 1969 to 1974" (par. 19).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Israel has had a female prime minister, Golda Meir from 1969 to 1974" (par. 19).