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Arab women are under-represented in parliaments in Arab states, although they are gaining more equal representation as Arab states liberalise their political systems. In 2005, the International Parliamentary Union said that 6.5 per cent of MPs in the Arabic-speaking world were women, up from 3.5 per cent in 2000.
There were only 16 women in a field of more than 2,000 candidates. Opinion polls conducted at the time showed that 70% of Egyptian men were opposed to the idea of women taking seats in Parliament. [6] Nevertheless, Ateya overcame the odds and received 110,807 votes in her constituency. [5]
Women in national legislatures (as of 1 September 2022) Country Lower House Upper House Last Election Seats Women % W Last Election Seats* Women % W Rwanda: 2018: 80 49 61.3 2019 26 9 34.6 Cuba: 2018: 586 313 53.4
The women's fraction in the 11th term of the parliament was formed under the chairmanship of Fatemeh Ghasempour, [17] a representative of Tehran. Fatemeh Rahmani [18] from Mashhad and Kalat constituencies was elected as the first vice chairman and Fatemeh Maghsoudi [19] from Borujerd constituency was elected as the first secretary.
Many women have been elected to parliaments around the world, starting around the first quarter of 20th century. Some of them were entrusted to take the position of Speaker of the parliament. In government, unicameralism (Latin uni , one + camera , chamber) is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber.
This was the highest number of women in the Lebanese parliament at the time and despite the accomplishment, Lebanon was ranked 125th out of 138 nations concerning women's representation in parliament by the Inter-Parliamentary Union due to women making up only 4.7% of its cabinet. [40]
As Mexico's national congress assembled this past weekend, women occupied 47.8 percent of the seats in the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, and 49.2 percent of the seats in the Senate.
For the first time, six women were elected to parliament, and the Shah appointed two other women to the senate. [72]: 681 The number of women deputies also increased in the following parliamentary elections. In 1978, on the eve of the Islamic Revolution, 22 women were in the parliament.