Figure 2.20: Percentage of women in the lower house of parliament (legislature) in selected countries, October 2012.
[Sources consulted: Revised December 26, 2012, according to the results of 2012 U.S. election, at “Record Number of Women Will Serve in Congress; New Hampshire Elects Women to All Top Posts,” CAWP, November 7, 2012, at http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/press_room/news/documents/PressRelease_11-07-12.pdf; for the world results, “World Classification,” Women in International Parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union, at http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm]