A good way to understand the importance of gender in politics is to examine the position of women in political Institutions and processes and link the differences and similarities in the way state operates in relation to the representation of women in politics. In public life, gender is normally a hierarchy in which men have more presence and power than woman, a syndrome especially apparent in politics. Thus it is necessary to map the power differentials between women and men to understand how gender affects politics. Ever since the advent of women’s suffrage, women activists has been concerned with increasing the participation of women in political life. Women all over the world now vote in near equal proportion to men, but nowhere do they serve in equal numbers in political office.