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Towards Parity in Power

Towards Parity in Power

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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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