Gender & Leadership

When Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's term ends in May, only one woman will serve as head of government anywhere in Asia, excluding the Pacific Islands.

Women made up 47% of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2023, up from 30% in 1950 – but growth has stagnated.

One-in-five adults say they took on leadership roles when growing up in their school or community extremely often or often, while 35% say they did so sometimes.

55% of Americans say there are too few women in top executive business positions. This is down somewhat from 59% who said this in 2018.

For the most part, Americans don’t think a woman president would do better or worse than a man when it comes to key leadership traits or the handling of various policy areas. At the same time, the public sees differences in the way men and women running for higher office are treated by the media.

Key trends and data on women in top U.S. political, business and higher education positions.

Just 13 UN member countries are currently led by women; in 9 of those 13, the current leader is the country’s first woman head of government.

Women make up 28% of all members of the 118th Congress, a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.

Most Indians support gender equality, but a new survey finds that traditional gender norms still hold sway for many people in the country.

Only 70 of the 3,843 people who have ever served as federal judges as of Feb. 1, 2022, have been Black women.