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Women in Politics Quiz

1. IN WHICH COUNTRY WERE WOMEN FIRST ALLOWED TO CONTEST ELECTIONS? _______________________

2. In what year were women in this country granted the right to contest elections?

a) 1776 b) 1903 c) 1788 d) 1865

3. In which country were women first given universal suffrage (the right to vote)? ___________

4. In what year where women in this country granted the right to vote?

a) 1893 b) 1827 c) 1901 d) 1918

5. In which country were women first elected to parliament? _____________________________

6. Which country can claim the first woman head of state? ______________________________

7. Globally women currently account for what percentage of parliamentarians?

a) 32% b) 8% c) 16% d) 20.3%

8. Which country has the highest percentage of women in parliament?

a) Rwanda b) United States c) Norway d) Haiti

9. In what percentage of parliamentary lower chambers around the world do women currently make up at least 30 percent of the parliamentarians?

a) 6% b) 75% c) 52% d) 33%

10. How many countries currently have no female representatives in parliament?

a) 0 b) 26 c) 7 d) 12

11. Globally, what percentage of ministerial posts are held by women?

a) 24% b) 9% c) 17% d) 39%

12. How many women heads of government are there currently?

a) 17 b) 21 c) 7 d) 12

women in politics quiz answers

1. IN WHICH COUNTRY WERE WOMEN FIRST ALLOWED TO CONTEST ELECTIONS? UNITED STATES

2. In what year where women in this country granted the right to contest elections?

c) 1788

3. In which country were women first given universal suffrage (the right to vote)? New Zealand

4. In what year where women in this country granted the right to vote?

a) 1893

5. In which country were women first elected to parliament? Finland (1907)

6. Which country can claim the first woman head of state? Mongolia (Suhbaataryn Yanjmaa, 1953)

7. Globally women currently account for what percentage of parliamentarians?

d) 20.3%

8. Which country has the highest percentage of women in parliament?

a) Rwanda (56.3%)

9. In what percentage of parliamentary lower chambers around the world do women currently make up at least 30 percent of the parliamentarians?

d) 33%

10. How many countries currently have no female representatives in parliament?

c) 7

11. Globally, what percentage of ministerial posts are held by women?

c) 17%

12. How many women heads of government are there currently?

a) 17

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