Women in Decision Making

WOMEN IN DECISION MAKING
(1) Parliament 1997 %	17.3
(2) Total a (%) 1995	3.0
Women in Government at:
(3) Ministerial level a (%) 1995	5.0
(4) Sub-Ministerial level a (%) 1995	0.0
Local Authorities 1990-94
(5) Mayors
(6) Council-Members
Administration 1992-96
(7) Female Administrators & Managers (%) 1992-96	...
(8) Female Professional & Technical Workers (%) 1992-96	...
Year Women Received Right
(9) to vote (a)	1958
(10) to stand for election(a)	1958
(11) Year first woman elected (E) or nominated (N) in national Parliament	1962E
Key [a] Refers to year in which right to election or representation on a universal and equal basis was recognized. In some countries confirmation and constitutional rights came later.
*Data Sources* (1) Inter-Parliamentary Union Map, 1997 (2) Human Development Report 1998, pages 154 - 155 (3) Human Development Report 1998, pages 154 - 155 (4) Human Development Report 1998, pages 154 - 155 (5) data not available (6) data not available (7) Human Development Report 1998, pages 154 - 155 (8) Human Development Report 1998, pages 154 - 155 (9) Human Development Report 1998, pages 154 - 155 (10) Human Development Report 1998, pages 168-169 (11) Human Development Report 1998, pages 168-169