But worldwide women remain vastly underrepresented in national and local assemblies , accounting on average for less than 10 per cent of the seats in parliament , except for in East Asia where the figure is approximately 18 to 19 per cent , and in no developing region do women hold more than 8 per cent of the ministerial positions . Additionally , it should be noted that worldwide , 130 ,000 ,000 girls and young women have been subjected to female genital mutilation and estimates...











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