345. Service of Women on the Elected and Appointed Institutions
Messages from the Universal House of Justice– 2001–2022, The Fifth Epoch of the Formative Age · The Universal House of Justice · 182 words
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Service of Women on the Elected and Appointed Institutions
23 April 2020
To an individual Bahá’í
Dear Bahá’í Friend,
345.1 The Universal House of Justice has received your email letter of 11 February 2020 requesting recent statistical data in relation to the number of women currently serving on the elected and appointed institutions of the Faith. We have been asked to share with you the following information which was obtained in February 2020:
- Continental Counsellors: 47%
- Auxiliary Board members: 52%
- National Spiritual Assemblies: 42%
- Regional Bahá’í Councils: 43%
345.2 You may also be interested to know that five out of the nine members of the International Teaching Centre and three out of the five members of the Bahá’í International Development Organization are women. Furthermore, the Principal Representative of the Bahá’í International Community and the majority of the representatives of the Offices of the Bahá’í International Community are women.
345.3 Kindly note that no information is available at the Bahá’í World Centre in relation to the percentage of women serving on Local Spiritual Assemblies.
With loving Bahá’í greetings,
Department of the Secretariat