\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{Ethiopian Women’s Ministerial Positions Status from the Top 20 World Countries, as of January 1, 2012 G.C.}
\label{table_4}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
Rank & Country & Percentages of Women \\
1 & Norway & 52.6\% (10/19) \\
2 & Sweden & 52.2\% (12/23) \\
3 & Finland & 50.0\% (9/18) \\
3 & Iceland & 50.0\% (4/8) \\
4 & Cape Verde & 47.1\% (8/17) \\
5 & Austria & 46.2\% (6/13) \\
5 & Nicaragua & 46.2\% (6/13) \\
6 & Bolivia & 45.5\% (10/22) \\
7 & Switzerland & 42.9\% (3/7) \\
8 & Belgium & 41.7\% (5/12) \\
9 & Ecuador & 40.0\% (12/30) \\
9 & Liechtenstein & 40.0\% (2/5) \\
9 & South Africa & 40.0\% (14/35) \\
10 & Denmark & 39.1\% (9/23) \\
11 & Venezuela & 37.8\% (12/31) \\
12 & Lesotho & 36.8\% (7/19) \\
13 & Burundi & 34.8\% (8/23) \\
14 & Colombia & 33.3\% (5/15) \\
15 & Germany & 33.3\% (5/15) \\
15 & Netherlands & 33.3\% (4/12) \\
15 & Uganda & 32.1\% (9/28) \\
16 & Rwanda & 32.0\% (8/25) \\
17 & Gambia & 31.3\% (5/16) \\
18 & Benin & 30.8\% (8/26) \\
19 & Latvia & 30.8\% (4/13) \\
19 & Spain & 30.8\% (4/13) \\
19 & Guyana & 29.4\% (5/17) \\
19 & Panama & 29.4\% (5/17) \\
20 & Costa Rica & 29.2\% (7/24) \\
73rd & Ethiopia* & 9.7\% (3/31) \\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Source: UN, 2012. Women in Politics: January 1, 2012.

N.B.: *Ethiopia ranking 73rd in representing women in the ministerial positions, after India and before Turkmenistan in the World in 2012.

\subsection{World-wide Comparative Discussion on the Status of Representation of Women in the Ministerial Positions vs. Women’s Parliamentary Representation for Ethiopia}

Knowing the actual position of Ethiopia with regard to gender equality and/or gender inequality is worthwhile. This enables the policy and decision makers, mainly politicians, as well as country wise researchers and scholars to seek for alternative gender equality policy and/or adjust the existing different gender policy documents into a consolidated one. It also allows them to utilize the appropriate gender equality frameworks (approaches, models) for future effective gender mainstreaming implementation towards its goal of gender equality and women’s empowerment. There was no evidence to whether there had been a woman minister or a deputy minister in the years from 1995 to 2004 G.C in the Ethiopian government system. As it can be seen from tables 3 and 4 above, globally, Ethiopia was ranking 66th from a total of 77 ranks for 183 countries in the women’s ministerial positions in the world in January 2005. It was also ranking 70th in the world next to Marshall Islands, Mauritius, and Thailand and before Malaysia, and Antigua and Barbuda from a total of 93 ranks for 184 world countries in January 2008. It was also ranking 76th, sharing the same rank with Afghanistan and before Pakistan (76th), from a total of 94 ranks for 188 world countries in January 2010. It is also very clear from Table 4 below that the country has also added only one more woman Minister in 2012. It was ranking 73rd from a total of 96 world ranks for 189 world countries in January 2012. This, generally, shows that Ethiopia was ranking last before 11 ranks; before 23 ranks; before 18 ranks and before 23 ranks with1 woman minister, 2 women ministers, 2 women ministers and 3 women ministers from a total of 17, 21, 27 and 31 ministers of state government in 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012 respectively. This also shows that the country is in a devastating situation in this regard, as these percentages (5.9\% (1/17), 9.5\% (2/21), 7.4\% (2/27), and 9.7\% (3/31)) position the country against 30\% and 50/50 percentages of the BPA (Beijing Platform for Action), Women’s Movements, and other international organizations’ (the UN Agencies) signed agreements and efforts. In conclusion, the country did not joined the