The Status of Women in Local Governments: An International Assessment

Abstract

When women achieve an equal share of political power, many things besides politics will have changed profoundly. Some further breaking-down of the barriers that constrain the development of individual talents and restrict the range of human resources available to meet society's needs will have taken place. In this respect, women's increasing political participation is both a source and a signal of social change. As a global trend, rising numbers of women in politics will indicate that human beings are making progress toward a more human world-not because women are necessarily more humane than men, but because any society that categorically excludes half its members from the processes by which it rules itself will be ruled in a way that is less than fully human.

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