Women in Politics
Who holds political power, how women reach elected office, and what keeps representation uneven.
Summarised from external sources
Youth-led · International · Independent
Understand the issues affecting women around the world.
Linha de Fala turns complex global issues into accessible information, using verified data and reliable sources to help young people understand gender inequality, women's rights, political participation, education, work, technology and other issues affecting women and girls.
Why Linha de Fala
Information, not noise
We take issues that affect women and girls and present them simply: what is happening, what the numbers show, and where those numbers come from.
Inform
Understand the issues through accessible information and verified data.
Connect
Discover young people from around the world taking part in the Global Youth Contributors Program.
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How it works
Four steps
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Explore
Choose an issue affecting women and girls around the world.
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Understand
Learn what the data shows through simple explanations, statistics and country comparisons.
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Verify
Check the original source behind every important statistic.
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Go deeper
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Our reach
46+
Volunteers
16
Countries represented
50,000+
People reached
46+ young volunteers from 16 countries, working together as one international team in the Global Youth Contributors Program. “50,000+ people reached” refers to Linha de Fala’s overall reach across its channels and publications — not website visitors.
Context
Did you know?
At the current rate of change, gender parity in national parliaments is not expected before 2063.
UN Women · 2025 · View source
Women do around three times more unpaid care and domestic work than men.
UN Women / ILO · 2024 · View source
Around 9 in 10 people worldwide hold at least one clear bias against women.
UNDP, Gender Social Norms Index · 2023 · View source
Almost 1 in 3 women has experienced physical or sexual violence at least once in her life.
WHO / UN Women · 2021 · View source
The numbers
Four figures, four sources
Reproduced from the publications named beneath each figure. Linha de Fala summarises published data; it does not estimate it.
27.2%
of seats in national parliaments are held by women
122M
girls of school age are out of school
35%
of students enrolled in STEM in higher education are women
134
years to close the global gender gap at current rates
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Featured Issues
Structured explainers built from official statistics, institutional reports and official datasets — written to be understood without prior background.
Education
Access to school, completion, literacy, and the conditions that decide how far girls are able to study.
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Women in STEM
Why the gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics appears late and widens after graduation.
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Women & Work
Work, pay, unpaid care and legal rights — the conditions that determine real financial autonomy.
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Safety & Rights
Violence against women and girls, and the legal rights meant to protect them.
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Digital Society
Access, visibility and online violence — what is measured about women's public participation online.
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Global Youth Contributors Program
One international program
46 young volunteers from 17+ countries work together as a single team — amplifying perspectives, researching social and political issues, writing articles and contributing to campaigns.
The Global Youth Contributors Program is one international program. There are no country-specific teams or applications — everyone joins the same program by sending a DM on Instagram.
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Join the Global Youth Contributors Program
The Global Youth Contributors Program brings young people from different countries together to contribute to conversations about gender equality, women’s rights and global issues. Contributors write perspectives that can be published through Linha de Fala’s editorial projects. It is one international program — no country teams and no separate applications.
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Countries
Global Perspectives
The same issue rarely looks the same in two countries. Country pages collect local data, policy and sources side by side.
- South AmericaBrazil17.7% women in parliament
- EuropeFrance36.1% women in parliament
- AfricaAngola33.6% women in parliament
- AfricaSudanData unavailable for this indicator. women in parliament
- AfricaEthiopia38.8% women in parliament
- AfricaAlgeriaData unavailable for this indicator. women in parliament
- AsiaIndia13.6% women in parliament
- AsiaSri LankaData unavailable for this indicator. women in parliament
- North AmericaMexico50.0% women in parliament
- AsiaPhilippines27.3% women in parliament
- AfricaNigeria3.9% women in parliament
- EuropeUnited Kingdom40.5% women in parliament
- AsiaKuwaitData unavailable for this indicator. women in parliament
- AsiaSyriaData unavailable for this indicator. women in parliament
- North AmericaUnited States29.0% women in parliament
- AfricaEgypt27.7% women in parliament
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Contributors write about the issues shaping their own societies. Applications are open to young people worldwide.