This study reflects survey results from 84 countries around the world designed to understand the hurdles women face in launching and sustaining successful political careers.
Women are still very much alone in politics. The WEF’s annual Global Gender Gap Report shows the bias: health has a small gender gap of 4%, education of 6%, economic participation of 40%, and politics an incredibly high 79%. The glass ceiling might have some cracks, but it still needs to be shattered.