Women in executive power : a global overview Introduction Gretchen Bauer and Manon Tremblay Arab states Vânia Carvalho Pinto South and Southeast Asia Andrea Fleschenberg Oceania Jennifer Curtin and Marian Sawer Central and Eastern Europe Maxime Forest Sub Saharan Africa Gretchen Bauer Latin America Tiffany D. Barnes and Mark P. Jones North America Farida Jalalzai and Manon Tremblay Western Europe Fiona Buckley and Yvonne Galligan Nordic countries Christina Bergqvist Conclusion Manon Tremblay and Gretchen Bauer