WomEN iN PArliAmENTs WorlDWiDE

> rwanda has the highest number of women parliamentarians with 63.8 per cent of seats in the lower house.

> only two countries have 50 per cent or more women in parliament: rwanda: 61.3 per cent

Bolivia: 53.1 per cent Women’s representation in other parts of the world:

> Nordic countries: 41.7 per cent > Americas: 28.1 per cent

> Europe: 25.3 per cent

> sub-saharan Africa: 23.6 per cent

> Asia: 19.4 per cent

> Arab states: 17.4 per cent