14. 从家庭到议会，妇女在各级的经济和政治参与和决策权是赋予她们权力的关键，但她们在很大程度上仍然被排除在外。略高于 55%的 15 至 49 岁妇女对性健康和生殖健康及权利做出自己的决定，这直接影响到她们的经济和政治赋权；妇女占世界工人的 39%,但仅占管理职位的 28%，不到 7%的国家元首是妇女，妇女在国家议会中仅占四分之一的席位，在地方审议机构中略高于 36%。15 在部长一级可以看到更多进展，妇女占据了与环境、自然资源和能源有关的 54%的职位(相比之下，总体比例为 20.7%)。16
14. Women’s economic and political participation and decision-making power at all levels, from the household to parliament, are key to their empowerment, but they remain largely excluded. Slightly more than 55 per cent of women of 15 to 49 years of age make their own decisions about sexual and reproductive health and rights, which has direct implications for their economic and political empowerment; women make up 39 per cent of the world’s workers but hold only 28 per cent of managerial positions; and less than 7 per cent of Heads of State are women, while women hold only a quarter of the seats in national parliaments and a little over 36 per cent in local deliberative bodies.15 More progress can be seen at the ministerial level, with women holding 54 per cent of positions related to the environment, natural resources and energy (compared with 20.7 per cent overall). 16