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- only 3.5% of the world’s cabinet ministers were women
- women held no ministerial positions in 93 countries
- women were completely absent from the four highest levels in government in 50 countries: 5 in the group of Western European states; 16 in Asia and the Pacific; 8 in Latin America and the Caribbean; 21 in Africa
- women occupied less than 5% of the top positions in international organizations, including the UN and the European Community
- only a handful of women served as finance ministers (Bhutan, Finland, New Zealand, San Marino, Taiwan)