Variable: Women political empowerment index

QoG Code: (vdem_gender)


Dataset: Varieties of Democracy Dataset version 13

Description:

Women political empowerment index
Question: How politically empowered are women?

Clarifications: Women’s political empowerment is defined as a process of increasing capacity for
women, leading to greater choice, agency, and participation in societal decision-making. It is understood to incorporate three equally-weighted dimensions: fundamental civil liberties, women’s open discussion of political issues and participation in civil society organizations, and the descriptive representation of women in formal political positions.

Aggregation: The index is formed by taking the average of women's civil liberties index, women's civil society participation index, and women's political participation index.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-09-05
Last updated by source: 2023-02-22


Categories:

Civil Society/Population/Culture


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 173
Basic time-series: 184
Standard cross-section: 173
Standard time-series: 184
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 40

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1946-2022
Basic time-series: 1946-2022
OECD time-series: 1946-2022

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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2022