September 25, 2025
Gender imbalance in Calgary elections continues to persist, with only 28 per cent female candidates
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September 25, 2025
NROF demands nomination of 33pc women candidates from all political parties
DHAKA, Sept 23, 2025 (BSS)- Narir Rajnoitik Odhikar Forum (NROF) today demanded that political parties must nominate 33 percent women candidates mandatorily outside the reserved seats in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections.
September 25, 2025
Will Nigerian women get additional seats in parliament?
In the 9th Assembly, a constitutional amendment bill to create special or reserve seats for women in parliament failed to see the light of day as both the Senate and the House of Representatives failed to vote positively for the bill.
September 25, 2025
Women remain under 20% of elected officials in Brazil
An apparent bottleneck exists in women’s participation in politics: the number of female party members exceeds the number of female candidates, which in turn is almost double the number of women elected, who, on average, account for less than one-fifth of all winners at
July 15, 2025
How African countries ranked on the World Economic Forum's gender gap report
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its
Global study finds most people want gender-balanced government, even if quotas are needed
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May 26, 2025
Global study finds most people want gender-balanced government, even if quotas are needed
Americans are deeply divided about the use of quotas in hiring and education, but quotas are used in many countries to assure a balance of power between men and women in legislative bodies.
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Americans are deeply divided about the use of quotas in hiring and education, but quotas are used in many countries to assure a balance of power between men and women in legislative bodies.
January 15, 2025
Quota proposal sparks debate on women’s representation in Fiji politics
THE lack of women representation in parliaments across the world remains a vexed and contentious issue.
December 18, 2024
The Maltese are most sceptical in EU on gender quotas in politics
Malta leads the EU in disagreeing that measures such as the gender quota system can solve the underrepresentation of women in politics, despite having a gender quota system itself.
How gender quotas are challenging political inequality in South Korea
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November 29, 2024
How gender quotas are challenging political inequality in South Korea
How do you boost women’s representation in government, ask Jay Euijung Lee and Martina Zanella? Simple gender quotas risk being gamed, for instance by parties fielding women in unwinnable constituencies.
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How do you boost women’s representation in government, ask Jay Euijung Lee and Martina Zanella? Simple gender quotas risk being gamed, for instance by parties fielding women in unwinnable constituencies.