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The Implementation of Quotas: European Experiences

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February 15, 2007

The Implementation of Quotas: European Experiences

This case study examines the experiences with quota implementation in Europe. It provides information about the use of gender quotas as an instrument to increase women’s political representation in Europe, and includes case studies from Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia.

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Case Study
Region
Europe and the CIS
Theme
Quotas
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https://www.idea.int/publications/quotas_europe/upload/Idea_quota_low.pdf
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This case study examines the experiences with quota implementation in Europe. It provides information about the use of gender quotas as an instrument to increase women’s political representation in Europe, and includes case studies from Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia.

Resource type
Case Study
Region
Europe and the CIS
Theme
Quotas

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