For decades the extent of women

For decades, the extent of women’s representation in politics largely focused on legislative bodies. With the first democratic elections in the 1990s, women’s numerical representation in parliaments dropped to single digits (see chart). Although the next two decades saw some representational growth, it was with the Baltic countries’ accession to the EU in 2004 that a significant increase in the number of women elected into parliaments became noticeable, especially in Lithuania and Estonia, with Latvia showing only a minor increase. It must be noted that — in contrast to other post-communist European countries — neither Estonia, Latvia สล็อต