By Caroline Mwanga
NEW YORK (IDN) – This year's International Women’s Day on March 8 has been celebrated on an unprecedented scale by the United Nations and other inter-governmental organizations around the world. And, a new analysis shows improvements in gender equality. But there is a rather long way to go until gender parity has become a reality.
According to the data presented in the 2019 edition of the biennial IPU-UN Women map of Women in Politics, women's participation in political decision-making continues to rise slowly, with slight improvements since 2017.