however average female representation was still below per cent in northern africa per cent eastern and western asia and per cent respectively and oceania per cent the highest proportion in the world was registered by rwanda in its elections the first country ever to have achieved a gender balance in national parliament rwanda s achievement per cent is a marked increase over the per cent representation of women in and can be attributed partly to focused and coordinated efforts to address the issue of gender balance during postconflict reconstruction and might also be associated with the fact that the majority of survivors of the preceding conflict were women in fact a number of postconflict countries rank high with regard to women s participation in both lower and upper chambers of legislative bodies see statistical annex this development stems from the countrys shift towards merit and political competency from an association with tribal ties and expediency that all four hold phds have a formidable reputation for professionalism and now represent of eligible voters points to a radical shift in opinion across kuwaits society