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Women in African politicsWomen in politics in Africa: parliamentary averages, cabinet gaps, and the power cascade |
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Sub-Saharan Africa holds the world's third-highest share of women in parliament, at 27.1% of lower-house seats as of 1 January 2025. That is real progress from 10% in 1995. It is also a simple country average, calculated by summing national percentages and dividing by the number of countries. Read alongside the fuller picture, it flatters more than it measures. This entry asks three questions. Does the 27.1% average accurately reflect the share of African women living under meaningful representation? Where do cabinet appointments and parliamentary seats tell different stories? And what happens to women's authority above the parliamentary floor? |
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Until next time, Theophilus Editor, Open Ordinal |
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