5.5.1b Proportion of women in local governments

5.5.1b Proportion of women in local governments

5.5.1 Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments

5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Share of women deputies in total number of deputies of municipal and City assemblies in the Republic of Serbia, expressed as percentage.

Local government is a result of decentralization, a process of transferring political, fiscal, and administrative powers from the central government to sub-national units of government  to regulate and/or run certain government functions or public services, on their own, in the administrative-territorial areas of a country.

The proportion of seats held by women in the local governments is derived by dividing the total number of seats occupied by women by the total number of seats in local government.

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Republic of Serbia

Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia

Every four years

It is expressed as a percentage of elected positions held by women in legislative/ deliberative bodies of local government.

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https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-05-05-01b.pdf