The three visualisations provide an overview of the position of political parties in parliaments around the world on women’s rights policies. The main data used was the 2019 Global Party Survey of Pippa Norris (Harvard University).
The positive relation between party ideology and support for women’s rights in the world's parliaments is strong among parties taking extreme liberal views but weakens among those at midpoint of the ideological spectrum. This relation declines as the income level of countries decreases.
NOTES: Ideology and position are estimated on a 10-point scale: from 0 (‘very liberal’) to 10 (‘very conservative’) and from 0 ('strongly favours policies on women's rights) to 10 ('strongly opposes policies on women's rights'). The diagram includes polled position of 701 political parties in the Lower House of Parliament or Congress in 117 countries. Data excludes parties with missing information on their social values, position on women's rights, and vote share in legislative elections. The World Bank classifies countries into four income groups based on their gross national income (GNI) per capita: high (>USD 12,375), upper-middle (USD 3,996– USD 12,375), lower-middle (USD 1,026– USD 3,995), and low (<USD 3,995). SOURCES: 2019 data from the Global Party Survey and World Income Inequality Database, 2018 version February 2020
Most of the world’s parties elected to parliament support women’s rights policies, according to experts.
NOTES: Position is estimated on a 10-point scale, ranging from 0 ('strongly favours policies on women's rights) to 10 ('strongly opposes policies on women's rights'). Country experts polled on the position of 954 political parties in the Lower House of Parliament or Congress in 159 countries. Data excludes parties with missing information on their position on women's rights. SOURCES: 2019 data from the Global Party Survey
Experts placed 95 parties elected to parliament towards the end of the scale, between 8 and 10. The scale ranges from 0 ('strongly favours policies on women's rights) to 10 ('strongly opposes policies on women's rights).
NOTES: Country experts polled on the position of 954 political parties in the Lower House of Parliament or Congress in 159 countries. Data excludes parties with missing information on their position on women's rights. SOURCES: 2019 data from the Global Party Survey and Natural Earth Data