Women in political decision-making positions- Greece
Greece
This project, funded by the European Commission, aims to boost women's representation in decision-making roles across European, national, and local …
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Women’s representation in local government: A global analysis
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This working paper presents data and analysis on women’s representation in local government by UN Women as the sole custodian agency for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). It provides a comprehensive overview of women’s political participation at the local level for the first ti
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Countries and areas covered
Details
- Promoter
- UN Women — website
- Power domain
- Political Power
- Methods / tools
- Competence development, Awareness-raising
- Keywords
- decision-making, leadership and political participation, political empowerment
Context
This UN Women working paper (2022) is produced by UN Women in its role as sole custodian agency for the relevant SDG indicator, offering the first comprehensive global data set on women's representation in local government across 133 countries and areas.
Objectives
The paper aims to shift the global narrative on women's political participation from national parliaments toward local government, a less-studied but critical level of governance.
Activities
It analyzes the use of legislated gender quotas and different types of electoral systems in local elections as factors influencing women's political participation.
Results
The data show that women's representation in the deliberative bodies of local government is generally higher than in national parliaments, though still not on equal terms with men.
Conclusions
The paper also identifies remaining data gaps, including limited disaggregation, underused electoral data, and a need for new data-collection tools.
Implementation
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Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14
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