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Why women need to be in Politics?

There is growing recognition of the untapped capacity and talents of women and women leadership. Over the last decade, the rate of women representation in national parliaments globally has incrementally increased from 15 percent in 2002 to 19.8 percent in 2012. Some regions have seen particularly dramatic increases, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, where the number of women in parliaments has risen from 13.7 to 19.8 percent, and the Arab States region, which has seen an increase from 6.1 to 14.7 percent. This is still well below the 30 percent benchmark often identified as the necessary level of representation to achieve a critical mass  not to mention falling short of women representation as half of the worlds population. Some of the prominent women leaders who gained  respect as well as peer recognition:-   1. Jacinda Ardern Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern is a New Zealand politician who has served as the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party since 2017. She has be