Women currently account for 28% of all parliamentarians, compared to 18% in 2010. The change has been influenced i.a. by the introduction of legal regulations, which since 2011 have guaranteed women at least 35% of seats on electoral lists for the Sejm (Lower House of Parliament in Poland), Senate and the European Parliament. Despite the positive trends, Poland’s average in this respect is still lower than that of the EU (in 2022, women held on average 33% of the seats in national parliaments).

The proportion of women in the Polish government has varied to a much larger extent over the past several years. In the first half of the previous decade, the percentage of women in government gradually increased (from 18% in 2010 to 29% in 2015). In the subsequent years, the representation of Polish women in the government decreased. In 2022, their share dropped to 20% (compared to the 34% - average for EU countries).

Increasing numbers of women serve as Members of the European Parliament. The share of female MEPs representing Poland grew from 22% to 35% over the 2009–2019 decade, while for the European Parliament as a whole, this proportion increased from 31% to 41%.

There are more female than male judges in Poland, which results, among other factors, from the fact that women more often than men choose to study law (for years, they have accounted for about 60% of all law students). In 2021, among those appointed as judges, 60% were women (62% in 2010). Despite that in general women outnumber men in judicial positions, the higher the level of the judiciary, the lower the representation of women. In 2021, women accounted for 39% of judges of the Supreme Administrative Court (45% in 2010), and 23% of judges of the Supreme Court (25% in 2010).

The fact that Polish women are increasingly willing to engage in activities supporting the development of local communities is evidenced by their growing presence on electoral lists for local government councils. Women on electoral lists accounted for 33% of all candidates in 2010, and 41% in 2018. By the same token, the proportion of female councillors at all levels of local government units (i.e. in the councils of gminas cities with powiat rights, powiats and voivodship regional council) was increasing. In 2022, a third of those serving on the councils of gminas, cities with powiat rights and voivodship regional council and a fourth of those serving on powiat councils, were women (while in 2010 it was a fourth and a fifth, respectively).

It is much less common for Polish women to hold the post of village mayor, mayor, or president of a city than the post of councillor. Despite the fact that each term increasingly more women run for power in these units (in 2010 they accounted for 14% of all candidates and in 2018 for 18%), they still hold only 10% of the positions. The situation varies greatly across regions: for example, in western voivodships (Zachodniopomorskie, Lubuskie and Opolskie) 20% of village mayors, mayors, or presidents of a city in 2022 were women, and in Kujawsko–pomorskie Voivodship only 5%. In terms of the level of education of local government managers, women were more likely to have higher education than men (on average, 96% and 90%, respectively) between 2010 and 2022.

Women's involvement in the affairs of Polish villages has clearly increased. At the beginning of the previous decade, every third village administrator’s post was held by a woman, and in the recent years, nearly every other village administrator's office has had a female administrator. Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship has for years stood out among voivodships in this regard, boasting the highest percentage of women village administrators, which in 2022 amounted to 55%.

In 2010–2020, nearly 50% of managerial positions in Poland were held by women; among chief executives, senior officials and legislators, the percentage of women was 30%. The proportion of women in managerial positions depended on whether it was the public or private sector. Both at the beginning and the end of the past decade, women held over 60% of higher-level positions in the public sector, whereas in the private sector this percentage was less than 40%.

The proportion of women in managerial positions varied considerably depending on the sector of the economy. Both in 2010 and 2020, women constituted the majority (over 60%) of managers in, e.g., retail and wholesale trade, restaurants and hotels, or business services and administration. Visibly fewer women – only 20% or less – held managerial positions in the ICT sector, manufacturing, mining, construction, and distribution and also in agriculture in 2020. However, the number of female managers in these sectors increased compared to 10 years earlier (over two-fold in agriculture).

Poland is one of the leaders in the EU in terms of the highest percentage of female managers, with their proportion exceeding the EU average. In 2022, the country boasted the second largest proportion of women holding managerial positions in the EU, which was an increase compared to 2011, when it ranked sixth. Polish women have also been increasing their presence in the management boards of the largest publicly listed companies. A decade ago, only one in 10 members of management boards of the largest publicly listed companies was a woman, whereas in 2022, it was one in four. Still, Poland ranked outside the top 10 EU countries with the highest percentage of female board members.

Although it is mainly women who are active in Polish NGOs (in 2021 they accounted for 76% of all the employees in the non-profit sector compared to 71% in 2010), the majority of their board members are men. In the recent years, the share of women holding board positions in non-profit organisations increased, reaching 37% in 2021 (compared to 32% in 2013). The lowest percentage of female board members has for years occurred in hunting clubs (2% of female board members on average) and volunteer fire brigades (8% on average). An equal proportion of men and women among board members of non-profit organisations is observed in the boards of foundations, public benefit organisations, and associations and social organisations. In turn, the highest percentage of women among management board members is found in faith-based charities (58% on average).

In the period of 2013–2021, the percentage of boards of non-profit organisations composed exclusively of women almost doubled: from 12% to 21%. In the same period, the percentage of boards consisting of men only decreased from 36% to 30%. Prominent among the organisations managed exclusively by women in 2021 were rural housewives clubs (almost 90% had an all-female board) and faith-based charities (56%). On the other hand, no women were members of boards of most hunting clubs (87% in 2021) or volunteer fire brigades (57% in 2021).