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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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

Countries: Mexico, Namibia
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Mexico and Namibia both elected their first female presidents" (para 5).

Countries: Morocco
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"In the 2009 local government elections, some 20,326 women ran for local government councillor and 3,424 of them won. That was 27 times as many local councillors as in the 2003 elections. Some 12 local governments are headed by women, 17 per cent in urban settings and 83 per cent in village settings. Some 71 per cent have a secondary or higher level of education" (17). "With regard to the 2015 election for members of the local government and the districts: – Some 6,669 women were elected, nearly twice as many women as were elected in the 2009 local government elections. – Some 2,388 elected women were elected to positions...more

Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Human Rights Watch found that in the Chinese government’s 2020 National Civil Service Position List, 11 percent of the postings specified a preference or requirement for men. In 2018 and 2019, the rate was 19 percent. In 2017, it was 13 percent. The decrease in the overall percentage of discriminatory postings in 2020 is partly because the most discriminatory ministries were hiring less people compared to the previous years, not because of a lower overall percentage of discriminatory ads. Among the nearly 14,000 job postings in the 2020 National Civil Service Positions List, Human Rights Watch found that 6 percent specified a preference for male applicants and 5 percent specified...more

Countries: Honduras
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"[W]omen account for only 5.4 per cent of mayors" (9).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Kenyan MP Esther Passaris told the BBC she was not surprised at the victim-blaming online because Kenya is a patriarchal society, and looks down on women" (para 14).

Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"A panel discussion in Myanmar about female leadership had two speakers. Both were male. Another talk, about how to stay safe from the military government’s deadly bombing campaign against civilians, featured four men and no women. Yet another, an event to raise funds for rebel forces, gathered more than a dozen speakers online, all of them men. Over the past four years, Ying Lao has documented scores of 'manels' — all-male panels — organized by the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar" (para 1-4). "With the exception of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s former civilian leader, the country’s politics have been dominated by men. She was the only female member of...more

Countries: Benin
Variables: GP-DATA-1, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1

"In 2019, Tognifode became the west African country’s minister of social affairs, and was instrumental in getting MPs to vote to legalise abortion in most circumstances in October 2021. She didn’t do it alone; two other ministers, also gynaecologists, were heavily involved, as were professional bodies and civil society organisations who lobbied for years for expanded abortion rights. They also had support from Benin’s president, Patrice Talon" (para 6).