Proportion of women ministers all-time high, IPU/UN Women map shows

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka speaks at a press briefing on the launch of the map of Women in Politics during the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) at the UN headquarters in New York, March 12, 2019. The proportion of women ministers is at an all-time high at 20.7 percent, 2.4 percentage points higher than in 2017, according to data in the 2019 edition of the biennial IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union)-UN Women map released Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)