Sex-disaggregated data and statistics on electoral participation show that women are generally under-represented in decision-making institutions at all levels. These data are key to understand the obstacles that women face when exercising their political rights. However, sex-disaggregated data is often unavailable, especially at the global level. With the exception of women’s representation in national parliaments (SDG indicator 5.5.1a) with well-established statistics through the Inter-Parliamentary Union database[1], data on women’s electoral participation is very limited, with no global base line data for women candidates, women in local government, women in leadership positions or senior staff in EMBs, women in voter lists and women’s voter turnout currently available.