Regional Share of Women Parliamentarians: Sub-Saharan Africa Makes Modest Progress

Parliaments in Sub-Saharan Africa witnessed a relatively modest progress in 2018, with a regional average share of women parliamentarians at 23.7 per cent. Djibouti saw the most dramatic gains regionally and globally, among lower and single chambers, as the share of women in parliament rose from 10.8 per cent to 26.2 per cent (+ 15.4 […]