Colombia
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | Yes | Structure of parliament | Unicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | Yes | >Current members | 187 |
| Percentage of women | 28.88% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas.
When Colombians on Sunday elected their first leftist president ever, they also voted for their country’s first Black vice-president.
Election observers warn that rampant hate speech could result in violence.
The environmental leader won more votes than the center candidate Sergio Fajardo without having held public office and with a campaign that began only three months ago.
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Claudia López, a gay politician who advertises herself as "incorruptible", has become the first woman to be elected mayor of Colombia's capital, Bogotá.
Observers say female candidates systematically threatened with physical, sexual violence to deter them from running.
In Colombia’s southern province of Putumayo, a group of women is stitching together social fabric despite an alarming number of ongoing threats and acts of violence against them.
Last week, the new President of Colombia, Iván Duque, swore in his vice president, Marta Lucía Ramírez.
She is Colombia’s first female vice president.
Colombia is to get its first female interior minister with women heading other key ministries including justice and energy
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