So, what was the impact of this quota on the number of MPs?
Supported by recent revisions to Mongolia’s election law, a record number of women are on the ballot in parliamentary elections on June 28. They are seeking seats in what has traditionally been a male-dominated body.
Mona Lena Krook is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She is a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and a Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program at the John F.
BJP committed itself to 20 per cent reservation for women in government jobs as well as 50 per cent reservation to them in civic and panchayat polls.
Quotas can be viewed as a temporary "jump start" mechanism to increase women's representation in the Southern African Development Community(SADC).
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Having battled for over twenty years against the Family Code, Algerian women now face a new challenge. Unlike their elders, whose aim was to get the Family Code amended, young Algerian women today are campaigning for greater political representation and equality of access to top jobs.
Women are at a crossroads in the Middle East and North Africa.