Women in World Politics

North America is not the only places in the world where women have achieved high places in politics, in fact as places with the highest percentages of women who participate in politics goes, much of it is not even close to the highest. Rwanda has the highest percentage of women in political office, with 64% females, making them the first country to achieve a higher percentage of women in office then men, as "they were the backbone of reconstruction of our country but at the same time also there was a political will to empower women," (Mathilde Mukantabana). The power that women have in the country of Rwanda is giving them the power to pass bills, and giving them equality and equal rights to the men, and things such as violence against women are being taken very seriously in their laws. They have also been a very fast growing country with the smallest amount of corruption, which just proves one of the many benefits of allowing women the ability to run for and be involved in politics. 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/05/08/310719495/the-nation-that-elects-the-most-women-is

However in the rest of the world women don't have nearly as strong of a political standing against the man, with only 20% of the global people in office as women. If in the rest of the world women were given the chance that the women in Rwanda received the movement for equal rights all over the world could be greatly effected in positive ways.

Women's Participation in Governments Around The World.