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WOMEN AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
Where Women make up less Where Women make up Where Women have
than 4% of parliamentary more than 15% of achieved at least 10%
representation parliamentary of ministerial-level
representation positions
Percentage of Women in Percentage of Women in Percentage of
parliament 1987 parliament 1987 ministerial-level
positions held by
Women 1987-1988
Developed Regions
Japan (1.4) former USSR (35) Norway (37)
Malta (2.9) Norway, Romania (34) Sweden (17)
Finland (32) Denmark (14)
former German Dem. Rep. Canada (13)
(32) Finland, Romania (12)
former Czechoslovakia Austria, Switzerland
(30) (11)
Albania, Denmark, Germany:
Sweden (29) Fed. Rep. of Germany
Bulgaria, Hungary, (10)
Iceland (21) former German Dem.
Netherlands, Poland Rep. (10)
(20)
former Yugoslavia (19)
Africa
Comoros, Djibouti, Seychelles (24) Tanzania (16)
Morocco (0.0) Mozambique (16) Senegal (13)
Sudan (0.7) Burkina Faso (12)
Madagascar (1.5) Burundi (10)
Kenya (1.7)
Swaziland (2.0)
Algeria (2.4)
Zambia (2.9)
Equatorial Guinea (3.3)
South Africa, Zaire
(3.5)
Mali (3.7)
Egypt (3.9)
Latin America and the Caribbean
Antigua & Barbuda, Cuba (34) Dominica (22)
Uruguay (0.0) Trinidad & Tobago (17) Uruguay (13)
Ecuador (1.4) Guatemala (12)
Paraguay (1.7)
El Salvador (3.3)
Belize (3.6)
Barbados (3.7)
Bolivia (3.8)
Venezuela (3.9)
Asia and Pacific
Jordan, Lebanon, Papua Mongolia (25) Bhutan (25)
New Guinea, Solomon China, Korea (21) Philippines (11)
Islands, Tonga, United Viet Nam (18)
Arab Emirates, Vanuatu,
Yemen (0.0)
Bhutan (1.3)
Iran (1.5)
Cyprus (1.8)
Korea (2.5)
Turkey (3.0)
Thailand (3.5)
Singapore (3.8)
Source: " The World's Women 1970-1990, Trends and Statistics," United Nations, New York, 1991, pages 32-34.
Cite as: Youth Sourcebook on Sustainable Development. Winnipeg: IISD, 1995. Online. Internet. http://iisd.ca/youth/ysbk063.htm.