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The ground-breaking UCLG database on women in local decision-making provides an overview of the percentages of women elected representatives at global, regional and national levels in 54 countries. This facility is the result of mapping mechanism, launched in 2003, to collect data on the number of women mayors and councillors. The mapping mechanism and database have been created as part of the UCLG Global Programme on Women in local Decision-Making, with the support of the Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the data is gathered and updated by UCLG’s regional and national associations.
The diagrams below show the average percentage of participating women elected representatives in the world. Information for each world region can be accessed through clicking on the links below, and from there information can be accessed on a country basis.
These efforts have been recognised by the January 2005 Report of the United Nations Millennium Project Task Group on Gender Equality
“Recently, United Cities and Local Governments, an organization supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, has begun to collect data on the proportions of female local elected representatives, councillors, and mayors in 54 countries…As this data collection effort is scaled up, the task force recommends that countries and the international system use the information to complement the data on women’s parliamentary representation.”
The data collected has been used to develop the Local Government Statement presented to the Beijing+10 summit meeting in New York in March 2005 where the following conclusions were presented;
• Although we are far from achieving the goal of equality, the gap between Europe and other continents is closing.
• Although only 20% of the councillors in the world are women, the participation of women in local politics is increasing steadily.
• Local spheres of government offer greater opportunities for women empowerment and influence national participation in a very positive way. Countries with a higher percentage of women councillors are therefore likely to have a higher number of women parliamentarians.
• Key positions remain difficult for women to reach. The percentage of women mayors does often not correspond with the number of women councillors.
• Quota systems have been decisive mechanisms for women advancement but are not sustainable unless accompanied by a culture change which will allow improved living conditions for women.
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World statistics:
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| Number of municipalities included |
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15446 |
 
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(Countries included: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Marocco, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Serbia & Montenegro, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tunesia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zaire)
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