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All Party Parliamentary Group Women in Parliament (July 2014). "Improving Parliament: Creating a Better and More Representative House" (PDF). House of Commons "Harman's office Thatcher U-turn". BBC News. London: BBC. 16 September 2009 "Women in Parliament and Government". House of Commons Library. 25 September 2019.
This is a list of women who have been elected as members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. 1918 to 1935
Countries by share of women in parliament Share of women in parliament (2022) This is a list of legislatures by number and percentage of female members. [1]
A record-breaking 103 women were elected or reelected to the House, causing many to call it the "Year of the Woman" in a reference to the first such year, the 1992 Senate elections. [32] [33] [34] Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women ever elected to either house of Congress. [35]
In many countries, women have been underrepresented in the government and different institutions. [1] As of 2019, women were still underrepresented, but were increasingly being elected to be heads of state and government. [2] [3] As of October 2019, the global participation rate of women in national-level parliaments was 24.5%. [4]
Hilda Kari was the first woman directly elected to the National Parliament in 1989. [186] Somalia: 1979: 18 women [9] South Africa: 1933: Leila Reitz [187] South Korea: 1946: Hwang Shin-duk Park Hyun-sook Park Seung-ho Shin Eui-kyung [188] The four were appointed members. Louise Yim became the first woman elected to parliament in 1949 [189 ...
22 of the women standing in the 1923 general election This is a list of women who stood in general elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom up to and including the 1945 general election . Summary of general election candidates
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.