Analysis: Ahead of International Women’s Day, U.S. ranked 78 out of 193 countries on gender equality in legislatures
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heads to a news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Women make up just 23.5 percent of the U.S. House of Representatives. By Emily Tamkin Emily Tamkin Foreign affairs Email Bio Follow March 7 at 2:17 PM The United States and Montenegro are tied for 78th place.
With women holding 1 in 10 seats in its lower house, Japan ranked lowest among the Group of 20 industrialized nations. Mexico, which came in fourth, with women making up 53.1 percent of its lower house, ranked highest among G-20 members. Chile, where a local government official made news this week by saying that women are fully free and content with poems and roses, placed 88th.
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