Women in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

There have been 10 women in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since the independence of Papua New Guinea in 1975.{{cite web | url=http://www.pacwip.org/future-elections/papua-new-guinea/ | title=Papua New Guinea | publisher=Pacific Women in Politics | accessdate=1 February 2017}}

As of 1 February 2019, Papua New Guinea was one of only three countries in the world out of 235 that had no women in its legislative branch or parliament.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm|title = Women in Parliaments: World Classification}} In the 2017 national election, 165 women ran for parliament out of a total of 3,000 candidates, or five percent. No women were elected, including the three female incumbents.Papua New Guinea’s Parliament Has No Women, https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/papua-new-guineas-parliament-has-no-women/ However, in the July 2022 national election, for 118 members of parliament, two were elected.{{cite web |title=PNG Election : Female Candidate Kessy Sawang wins Raikos Open Seat |url=https://news.pngfacts.com/2022/08/png-election-female-candidate-kessy.html |website=Papua New Guinea today |access-date=11 August 2022}} In October 2023, a further woman, Francesca Semoso, was elected to represent North Bougainville in a by-election.{{cite web |last=Kora |first=Belinda |date=6 November 2023 |title=Francesca Semoso is the first woman from Bougainville to be elected to Papua New Guinea's parliament |url=https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/francesa-semoso-elected-png-parliament-bougainville/103068134 |access-date=21 January 2024 |website=ABC Pacific}}