Women have made remarkable strides in political representation in the past decade, making up 35.5% of local government officials, 33% of parliamentarians, 24.4% of ministers and 15.5% of heads of state. Yet political power remains out of reach for a disproportionate number of women.

How can this persistent gap be tackled?

This is the full audio from a panel discussion from the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting on 22 January, 2025.

Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2025/sessions/towards-parity-in-power/

Read the Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2025: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2025/

Speakers:

Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mina Al-Oraibi, Editor-in-Chief, The National

Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director, Europol

François Valérian, Chair, Transparency International

Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico

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The Opening Plenary of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champtions (AMNC25), including an address by Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

Speakers:

Gim Huay Neo, Managing Director, World Economic Forum

Zhang Gong, Mayor of Tianjin, Tianjin Municipal People's Government

Børge Brende, President and CEO, World Economic Forum

Li Qiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China, State Council of the People's Republic of China

This is the full audio from a session at the AMNC25 in Tianjin, China on 25 June, 2025.

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A Conversation with Sir Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007); Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, United Kingdom.

Hosted by Børge Brende, President and CEO of the World Economic Forum.

This is the full audio from a session at the AMNC25 in Tianjin, China on 24 June, 2025.

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