When it comes to political power, women are totally outnumbered by men, accounting for less than 7 percent of the world’s leaders and only 24 percent of lawmakers, according to the latest statistics. U.N. General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa told delegates to the Commission on the Status of Women on Tuesday that there has been a “serious regression” in the political power of women across the world in recent years. The percentage of female heads of government dropped from 5.7 percent to 5.2 percent — 10 out of 193 — in the same period. “Despite some positive movement, the overwhelming majority of government leaders remain male,” said Gabriela Cuevas Barron, head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In parliaments, the global share of women increased by nearly one percentage point from 2017 to 2018, to 24.3 percent.

Source: Huffington Post March 13, 2019 13:52 UTC