Women need 50 yrs to equal number of men in parliaments: UN
Women will take 50 years to equal the number of men in legislatures across 193 UN nations, a report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women has revealed. Percentage of women in parliaments was 23.3% in 2016, up from 22.6% in 2015. India ranked 148 in women parliamentarians, with 11.8% representation in Lok Sabha and 11% in the Rajya Sabha.