Worth remembering on Women’s Day: the US is #91 in the world when it comes to having women
Worth remembering on Women’s Day: the US is #91 in the world when it comes to having women in its national legislative body. wilsoncenter: What do Rwanda, Afghanistan, and Iraq beat America at? Having women in congress/parliament Countries with better representation of women in government than the United States (hat tip to our Women in Public Service Project): Rwanda - 56% Andorra - 50% Cuba - 45% Sweden - 45% Seychelles - 44% Senegal - 43% Finland - 43% South Africa - 42% Nicaragua - 40% Iceland - 40% Norway - 40% Mozambique - 39% Denmark - 39% Netherlands - 39% Costa Rica - 39% Timor-Leste - 39% Belgium - 38% Argentina - 37% Mexico - 37% Tanzania - 36% Spain - 36% Uganda - 35% Angola - 34% Serbia - 33% Nepal - 33% Germany - 33% Macedonia - 33% Ecuador - 32% Slovenia - 32% New Zealand - 32% Algeria - 32% Guyana - 31% Burundi - 31% Switzerland - 29% Portugal - 29% Trinidad and Tobago - 29% Austria - 28% Ethiopia - 28% Afghanistan - 28% France - 27% Lesotho - 27% Tunisia - 27% Belarus - 27% South Sudan - 27% El Salvador - 26% Bolivia - 25% Iraq - 25% Laos - 25% Canada - 25% Australia - 25% Sudan - 25% Lithuania - 25% Vietnam - 24% Namibia - 24% Kazakhstan - 24% Singapore - 24% Liechtenstein - 24% Croatia - 24% Poland - 24% Kyrgyzstan - 23% Latvia - 23% Bulgaria - 23% Philippines - 23% Pakistan - 23% United Kingdom - 23% Malawi - 22% Mauritania - 22% Czech Republic - 22% Eritrea - 22% Uzbekistan - 22% Luxembourg - 22% Peru - 22% Italy - 21% Boznia and Herzegovina - 21% China - 21% Greece - 21% Cape Verde - 21% Estonia - 21% Dominican Republic - 21% Cambodia - 20% Israel - 20% Moldova - 20% Bangladesh - 20% Honduras - 20% Monaco - 19% Tajikistan - 19% Mauritius - 19% Slovak Republic - 19% Indonesia - 19% Sao Tome and Principe - 18% United States - 18% (source: World Bank) -- source link
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