Women's participation rate in parliaments slows, even as more gain top seats – IPU
Despite an increase in the number of women Speakers of Parliament, the number of female parliamentarians across the world rose by only 0.5 percentage points in 2015, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today reported, dashing hopes that gender parity in parliament could be achieved within a generation.
Women's participation rate in parliaments slows, even as more gain top seats – IPU
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
