GOVERNANCE

Currently, are grossly underrepresented in governance and a few factors contribute to this blatant underrepresentation. Women are seldom leaders of major political parties, which are instrumental in forming future political leaders and in supporting them throughout the election process.

Gender norms and expectations also drastically reduce the pool of female candidates for selection as electoral representatives, and contribute to the multiple obstacles that women face during the electoral process.

Women are largely excluded from the executive branches of government and are also underrepresented among senior-level civil servants, legislators and judiciary. We took at the following branches of government below to see how far states have gone in advancing female representation in governance.

• Federal House of Representatives
• Judiciary
• Local Government Chairmen
• Senate
• State House of Assembly