Women in Elective and Leadership Positions Across 12 Great Lakes Region States

12 member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) are covered in this dataset on women's representation. It was last updated in December 2021 by the United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub to inform advocacy on Women, Peace and Security issues. The data shows women's participation in national cabinets, parliaments, senates, and local governments.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking women's political representation across 12 ICGLR member states based on the described institutional categories.
• Analyzing trends in women's participation in decision-making positions for advocacy reports.
• Monitoring progress related to UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security.
• Comparing gender parity in national cabinets versus local governments within the Great Lakes region.

Strengths

• Covers 12 distinct countries within a defined regional organization (ICGLR).
• Focuses on multiple high-level decision-making bodies (cabinets, parliaments, senates, local governments).
• Created by an authoritative source, the United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub.

Limitations

• Data updates ceased in December 2021; historical data is for reference only.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official government and parliamentary records for advocacy purposes.

Time Range

Historical data up to December 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:59:05.086911; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2021.

Geography

12 member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in Africa.