Women’s political representation improves, but road to parity remains long

EU countries progress slowly towards equal political representation – in seven of them, women’s participation is above 40% in national parliaments. However, there are large cross-country differences and globally this share is below 30%.

Europe is often recognised as one of the best-performing regions globally when it comes to equal representation in political decision-making. Nevertheless, there are considerable disparities among countries. 

The Gender Equality Strategy Monitoring Portal tracks progress on the European Commission's Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, which calls on EU Member States to “develop and implement strategies to increase the number of women in decision-making positions in politics and policy-making.” 

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