The country with the most female politicians in the world is in Africa

Speaking on why many African countries do not rank in the IPU’s top 10 over the last few years, Chugong clarified that this isn’t because African countries have decreased their representation of women but because other countries have instead increased theirs.

“So, as other countries rise to the top, others are dropping, but it does not mean that they’re not doing well when it comes to gender equality,” he said.

The report, which shows the gap between men and women narrowing more slowly than hoped, indicates that the world is not yet on track to achieve gender equality in politics by 2030.

“The fact that you’ll have fewer African countries in the top 10 does not mean that they are not doing well.

Each month, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global organisation of national parliaments, publishes rankings of the percentage of women in national parliaments..

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