Women in local government
Research and analysis

Women’s Representation in Local Government: A Global Analysis

January 2022
Authors
Ionica Berevoescu and Julie Ballington

Working Paper “Women’s Representation in Local Government: A Global Analysis” features data and analyses of women’s representation in 133 countries and areas. The paper considers the impacts of legislated quotas and electoral systems in local elections on women’s political participation and identifies remaining data gaps on women’s political participation in local government, including data disaggregation, underused electoral data, and the need for new data collection tools.