la-belle-laide: wilsoncenter: What do Rwanda, Afghanistan, and Iraq beat America at? Having wom
la-belle-laide:wilsoncenter:What do Rwanda, Afghanistan, and Iraq beat America at? Having women in congress/parliamentCountries with better representation of women in government than the United States (hat tip to our Women in Public Service Project):Rwanda - 56%Andorra - 50%Cuba - 45%Sweden - 45%Seychelles - 44%Senegal - 43%Finland - 43%South Africa - 42%Nicaragua - 40%Iceland - 40%Norway - 40%Mozambique - 39%Denmark - 39%Netherlands - 39%Costa Rica - 39%Timor-Leste - 39%Belgium - 38%Argentina - 37%Mexico - 37%Tanzania - 36%Spain - 36%Uganda - 35%Angola - 34%Serbia - 33%Nepal - 33%Germany - 33%Macedonia - 33%Ecuador - 32%Slovenia - 32%New Zealand - 32%Algeria - 32%Guyana - 31%Burundi - 31%Switzerland - 29%Portugal - 29%Trinidad and Tobago - 29%Austria - 28%Ethiopia - 28%Afghanistan - 28%France - 27%Lesotho - 27%Tunisia - 27%Belarus - 27%South Sudan - 27%El Salvador - 26%Bolivia - 25%Iraq - 25%Laos - 25%Canada - 25%Australia - 25%Sudan - 25%Lithuania - 25%Vietnam - 24%Namibia - 24%Kazakhstan - 24%Singapore - 24%Liechtenstein - 24%Croatia - 24%Poland - 24%Kyrgyzstan - 23%Latvia - 23%Bulgaria - 23%Philippines - 23%Pakistan - 23%United Kingdom - 23%Malawi - 22%Mauritania - 22%Czech Republic - 22%Eritrea - 22%Uzbekistan - 22%Luxembourg - 22%Peru - 22%Italy - 21%Boznia and Herzegovina - 21%China - 21%Greece - 21%Cape Verde - 21%Estonia - 21%Dominican Republic - 21%Cambodia - 20%Israel - 20%Moldova - 20%Bangladesh - 20%Honduras - 20%Monaco - 19%Tajikistan - 19%Mauritius - 19%Slovak Republic - 19%Indonesia - 19%Sao Tome and Principe - 18%United States - 18%(source: World Bank) -- source link
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