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Quotas

July 29, 2020
Germany targets gender gap with quotas for business and politics

Germany is pushing to narrow the gender gap with new targets aimed at increasing the role of women in board rooms and in the country’s largest pol

July 29, 2020
Georgia takes on male-dominated parliament with gender quotas

Georgia’s parliament is currently nearly 90 percent male.

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July 6, 2020
Women’s council sees widening gender gap in economy, politics due to Covid-19

The umbrella body for women’s organisations in the country predicts that the gender gap, particularly in the areas of economic participation and political empowerment, will widen due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

June 24, 2020
Somalia: Lower House approves 30 percent quota proposal for women representation

Somali women's urge to directly participate in governance was tremendously boosted on Sunday, following the decision by Lower House to unanimously endorse a 30 per cent quota proposal for affirmative representation in the house.

What if...we had quotas for women in politics?

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June 8, 2020

What if...we had quotas for women in politics?

They smile for the camera – the eager new cohort of female parliamentarians. It’s a standard photo, after a general election. A sign, hopefully, of progress.

They smile for the camera – the eager new cohort of female parliamentarians. It’s a standard photo, after a general election. A sign, hopefully, of progress.

May 27, 2020
Kazakh government commits to gender quotas, mandatory 30 percent women in politics

On May 25, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the law titled “Amendments to the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan,” “Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan” and the law on “Amendments and Additions to the Law on Political P

May 22, 2020
India: Women quotas in politics have unintended consequence

To rectify this inequality, a majority of countries (or at least one political party in most) have imposed female electoral quota syst

Survey finds that gender gaps in political interest reduce after women’s representation doubles in Uruguay

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March 30, 2020

Survey finds that gender gaps in political interest reduce after women’s representation doubles in Uruguay

The below findings and graph are from the book Seeing Women, Strengthening Democracy: How Women in Politics Foster Connected Citizens, authored by Magda Hinojosa and Miki Caul Kittilson and released in 2020.

The below findings and graph are from the book Seeing Women, Strengthening Democracy: How Women in Politics Foster Connected Citizens, authored by Magda Hinojosa and Miki Caul Kittilson and released in 2020.