Politics and The Law
In 2008 Rwanda became the first country in the world to have a female-majority Parliament (56% of seats). As of March 2011, Rwanda remains the only country in the world to have a female majority Parliament.
Most Parliaments in the world today are made up primarily of men; therefore there may be some androcentric bias (a privileging of male experiences and perspectives) in law-making. As of 31 January 2011, the global average of women in Parliament is 19%. In the Nordic countries the proportion of females in Parliament is high — about 41% on average — however the representation of women in Parliament in many other Western countries is much lower (for example, the proportion of women in Congress in the United States of America is 17%, and in the United Kingdom it is 22%).
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