15 15 After 1998 elections After 2002 elections After 2007 elections 0 N/A 14 per cent 0 N/A 86 per cent 0 0 25 per cent 11 per cent 9 per cent 0 (25 per cent) (100 per cent) 0 1 20 per cent 3 75 per cent 89 per cent 91 per cent 0 (75 per cent) 3 80 per cent 0 (80 per cent)15 (20 per cent) (75 per cent) 2 24 0 Low representation since 1993. Made good progress after 2007 elections. Close to attaining 50 per cent gender parity standards. Assessment Source: Adapted from the CSAR. Gender imbalance remains. Best practice: appointment of a woman as chairperson in May 2008. Historically low (61.5 per representation not meeting set standards. cent) 8 (58 per cent) 7 6 (25 per cent) 1 (38 per cent) 5 (42 per cent) 6 No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of women men (per women men (per women men (per women men (per (per cent) (per cent) (per cent) cent) (per cent) cent) cent) cent) After 1993 elections According to the CSAR, of the 30 sampled companies, six have women chief executive officers (CEOs), and these are: the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), the Lesotho Housing and Land Development Corporation (LHLDC), First National Bank (FNB), the Centre for Accounting Studies (CAS), the LPC and the MCC (p. 225) Political party executives Defence force Private sector chiefs IEC commissioners Ambassadors Judges Category Chapter three: Democracy and good political governance 85