PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING NATIONAL GOVERNMENT / PARLIAMENT 5/50 seats in Parliament held by WOMEN VILLAGE GOVERNANCE / VILLAGE FONO 11% 36 of all matai in Samoa are WOMEN villages DO NOT ALLOW women to hold a matai title 21 (8%) Villages recognise women as matai but DO NOT ALLOW women to sit on council meetings CHURCH GOVERNANCE Churches have women in different levels of leadership. However, on the whole, DECISION-MAKERS are MOSTLY MALE Source: Census 2011 and Centre for Samoan Studies Survey 2015 & 2017 Komesina o Sulufaiga