Chris Coulter, PhD chris.coulter@indevelop.se

olitical empowerment indicators
clude:
• percentage of seats held by women in local councils/ decision-
making bodies;
• percentage of women in decision-making positions in local
government;
• percentage of women in the local civil service;
• percentage of women/men registered as voters/ percentage
of eligible women/men who vote;
• percentage of women in senior/junior decision-making
positions within unions;
• percentage of union members who are women/men;
• number of women who participate in public progress and
political campaigning as compared to the number of men.