Skip to main content

Quotas

Manipur: Why women remain underrepresented in electoral politics

Back
March 10, 2022

Manipur: Why women remain underrepresented in electoral politics

For the first time ever, 55,000 more women than men will be electing its next legislature.

Print article

For the first time ever, 55,000 more women than men will be electing its next legislature.

March 10, 2022
UK: Action needed to avoid losing a generation of women and minorities in politics, MPs argue

Action is needed to avoid losing a generation of women and minorities in politics, MPs have argued today.

Learn More
March 10, 2022
Papua New Guinea: No reserved seats for women

The plan to have five regional seats reserved for women beginning in the general election this year has been shelved, a senior government official told a parliamentary committee yesterday.

Learn More
March 9, 2022
Nigeria: Reps reject bill for special seats for women in parliament

The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to reserve special seats for Women at the National and State Houses of Assembly.

Learn More

Intractable barriers to women’s election in Tonga

Back
March 9, 2022

Intractable barriers to women’s election in Tonga

In this In brief, the authors consider lessons learned in the aftermath of women candidates’ defeat in the 18 November 2021 general election.

Print article

In this In brief, the authors consider lessons learned in the aftermath of women candidates’ defeat in the 18 November 2021 general election.

March 7, 2022
Enhancing women's political participation in Africa

Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa (Women in Political Participation (WPP) is a Pan-African gender project on the different facets of Women and Politics in Africa.

Learn More
March 7, 2022
Myanmar’s first post-coup People’s Assembly decides on 30 per cent women’s quota

Women make up over half of Myanmar’s population, yet significant obstacles remain for women to be able to participate in political processes and to achieve equal representation in Myanmar’s state institutions.

Learn More

Women in parliament in 2021: The year in review

Back
March 7, 2022

Women in parliament in 2021: The year in review

The world walked into 2021 with the shadow of COVID-19 looming large over its head. As well as posing a major health risk, the pandemic had also caused economic and social upheaval.

Print article

The world walked into 2021 with the shadow of COVID-19 looming large over its head. As well as posing a major health risk, the pandemic had also caused economic and social upheaval.

Gender quotas: One of the key mechanisms to address the overrepresentation of men in positions of political leadership

Back
March 7, 2022

Gender quotas: One of the key mechanisms to address the overrepresentation of men in positions of political leadership

By Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu

Print article

By Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu

Subscribe to Quotas