{"id":50187,"date":"2024-03-08T00:46:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T00:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-maintains-lead-globally-in-women-s-parliamentary-representation-report\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T03:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T03:02:47","slug":"rwanda-maintains-lead-globally-in-women-s-parliamentary-representation-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-maintains-lead-globally-in-women-s-parliamentary-representation-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda maintains lead globally in women&#8217;s parliamentary representation &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The study, published by the IPU on March 5, 2024, demonstrates that Rwanda maintains its position at the forefront worldwide, with women constituting 61.3% of the Chamber of Deputies and 34.6% of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Following Rwanda in this ranking are countries including Cuba with 55.7% female representation, Nicaragua with 53.9%, Mexico at 50.4%, and both Andorra and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at 50.0%.<\/p>\n<p>The IPU notes that the global average of women in legislative bodies is 26.9%, marking a 0.4% increase following the elections of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The research also highlighted that the overall percentage of women leading parliaments has risen to 23.8%, up from 22.7%, with countries such as Cambodia and C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire electing female parliamentary leaders for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the IPU reported that Sub-Saharan Africa saw the most significant increase in female parliamentary representation, with a 3.9% rise following the 2023 elections compared to the last election cycle in those countries.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64315\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abadepite_79_muri_80_bitabiriye_inteko_rusange_yashyizeho_biro_ya_komisiyo_zihoraho-dbb9f-28a0e.jpg\" alt=\"Periodic research conducted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has revealed that Rwanda continues to lead globally in terms of the proportion of women in its Parliament.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Periodic research conducted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has revealed that Rwanda continues to lead globally in terms of the proportion of women in its Parliament.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000064314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"byline":[3112],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-50187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","byline-esther-muhozi"],"bylines":[{"id":3112,"name":"Esther Muhozi","slug":"esther-muhozi","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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