Davos: Bridging the gender gap in political power

A conversation on advancing women’s political representation

Watch a conversation from Davos on advancing women's political representation, part of the forum's Global Gender Parity Sprint, developed in collaboration with The National.

Women make up 35.5 per cent of local government officials, 33 per cent of parliamentarians, 24.4 per cent of ministers and 15. 5 per cent of heads of state around the world, according to the World Economic Forum’s website.

In a session moderated by Mina Al-Oraibi, The National’s editor-in-chief, the conversation focused on how political power remains out of reach for a number of women and how this gender gap can be tackled most effectively.

According to the global gender gap report 2024, at the current rate of progress, it will take 134 years to close the global gender gap.

The session, part of the forum’s global gender parity sprint, featured panellists Catherine De Bolle, executive director of Europol, Alicia Barcena Ibarra, Mexico’s secretary of environment and natural resources, Francois Valerian, chair of Transparency International, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, foreign minister for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.