Fewer than a third of UN member states have ever had a woman leader
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.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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.
More than one-in-five voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are racial or ethnic minorities.
Growth in the number of emigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean has slowed – due in large part to a slowdown of people leaving Mexico.
The 69 immigrants and children of immigrants in the 116th Congress claim heritage in 38 countries and are overwhelmingly Democrats.
At least 65 of the current voting members of Congress are immigrants or the children of immigrants. These members represent nearly half of U.S. states.
Remittance flows decreased worldwide for a second consecutive year in 2016, the first back-to-back decline in over three decades. Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean, however, rose to a record high.
The regulation of abortion may vary widely from country to country, but nearly all nations – 96% – allow women to terminate their pregnancies in order to save their lives.
In recent decades, no incumbents from the 10 Latin American countries in South America have lost bids for re-election.
A new study of cultural diversity and economic development measures the amount of cultural diversity in each of more than 180 countries.
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