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Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

Elections in Colombia saw a political shift in 2022, and the greatest gains in terms of women’s representation in the Americas. The new government includes Francia Márquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice-president and only the second woman to hold this position. Women now hold 29.6% of the seats in the upper house (+8.3 percentage points) and 28.9% in the lower house (+10.2 percentage points). This jump in women’s representation in both chambers was reflected in the country’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant constituencies, and brings Colombia in line with the South American subregional average of 28.9%. The increase can be attributed to several factors. Some 1,112 women were registered as candidates and women’s candidacies exceeded 40% of the total (6 percentage points more than in 2018). A feminist party also contested the 2022 elections for the very first time. Known as Estamos Listos (“We Are Ready”), it received over 100,000 votes and raised awareness despite limited campaign resources.

Despite these positive gains, similar rates of success did not translate to women in conflict-affected zones. Only three women won seats in the Special Transitory Constituencies for Peace (CITREP) – constituencies in territories that were marginalized during five decades of civil war and have been granted 16 extra parliamentary seats as part of the 2016 peace agreement.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

In 2022, Australia achieved record-breaking shares of women in both chambers of parliament, making it, along with New Zealand, the subregion with the highest average proportion of women MPs across both houses (46.4%).

The Senate of Australia was the only chamber to elect over 50% women in 2022 (56.6%). It became the highest-ranking upper house in the world in terms of women’s representation and one of only four upper chambers globally to exceed 50%.  The House of Representatives also hit a historic high, with 38.4% women elected. No legislated quotas exist, but several parties have voluntary quotas.

The 2022 election reversed a 20-year decline in Australia’s standing in IPU rankings of women in parliament. More women stood for election than ever before: they represented 40% of all candidates, up from 32% in 2016 and from less than 28% in 2013.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

In 2022, Australia achieved record-breaking shares of women in both chambers of parliament, making it, along with New Zealand, the subregion with the highest average proportion of women MPs across both houses (46.4%).

The Senate of Australia was the only chamber to elect over 50% women in 2022 (56.6%). It became the highest-ranking upper house in the world in terms of women’s representation and one of only four upper chambers globally to exceed 50%.  The House of Representatives also hit a historic high, with 38.4% women elected. No legislated quotas exist, but several parties have voluntary quotas.

The 2022 election reversed a 20-year decline in Australia’s standing in IPU rankings of women in parliament. More women stood for election than ever before: they represented 40% of all candidates, up from 32% in 2016 and from less than 28% in 2013.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

In 2022, Australia achieved record-breaking shares of women in both chambers of parliament, making it, along with New Zealand, the subregion with the highest average proportion of women MPs across both houses (46.4%).

The Senate of Australia was the only chamber to elect over 50% women in 2022 (56.6%). It became the highest-ranking upper house in the world in terms of women’s representation and one of only four upper chambers globally to exceed 50%.  The House of Representatives also hit a historic high, with 38.4% women elected. No legislated quotas exist, but several parties have voluntary quotas.

The 2022 election reversed a 20-year decline in Australia’s standing in IPU rankings of women in parliament. More women stood for election than ever before: they represented 40% of all candidates, up from 32% in 2016 and from less than 28% in 2013.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

In 2022, Australia achieved record-breaking shares of women in both chambers of parliament, making it, along with New Zealand, the subregion with the highest average proportion of women MPs across both houses (46.4%).

The Senate of Australia was the only chamber to elect over 50% women in 2022 (56.6%). It became the highest-ranking upper house in the world in terms of women’s representation and one of only four upper chambers globally to exceed 50%.  The House of Representatives also hit a historic high, with 38.4% women elected. No legislated quotas exist, but several parties have voluntary quotas.

The 2022 election reversed a 20-year decline in Australia’s standing in IPU rankings of women in parliament. More women stood for election than ever before: they represented 40% of all candidates, up from 32% in 2016 and from less than 28% in 2013.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

In 2022, Australia achieved record-breaking shares of women in both chambers of parliament, making it, along with New Zealand, the subregion with the highest average proportion of women MPs across both houses (46.4%).

The Senate of Australia was the only chamber to elect over 50% women in 2022 (56.6%). It became the highest-ranking upper house in the world in terms of women’s representation and one of only four upper chambers globally to exceed 50%.  The House of Representatives also hit a historic high, with 38.4% women elected. No legislated quotas exist, but several parties have voluntary quotas.

The 2022 election reversed a 20-year decline in Australia’s standing in IPU rankings of women in parliament. More women stood for election than ever before: they represented 40% of all candidates, up from 32% in 2016 and from less than 28% in 2013.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

In 2022, Australia achieved record-breaking shares of women in both chambers of parliament, making it, along with New Zealand, the subregion with the highest average proportion of women MPs across both houses (46.4%).

The Senate of Australia was the only chamber to elect over 50% women in 2022 (56.6%). It became the highest-ranking upper house in the world in terms of women’s representation and one of only four upper chambers globally to exceed 50%.  The House of Representatives also hit a historic high, with 38.4% women elected. No legislated quotas exist, but several parties have voluntary quotas.

The 2022 election reversed a 20-year decline in Australia’s standing in IPU rankings of women in parliament. More women stood for election than ever before: they represented 40% of all candidates, up from 32% in 2016 and from less than 28% in 2013.

Click here to read the full article published by the Inter-parliamentary Union on 27 February 2023.

A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act was signed into law by President Julius Maada Bio on 19 January, a few months before the country's next general election scheduled for July 2023.

The law highlights the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and women’s participation in decision-making roles across all areas. As well as in public institutions, the law also stipulates that at least 30% of jobs in the private sector should be held by women (for companies with 25 or more employees) and extends maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.

With the proportion of MPs who are women at 12.33% today, Sierra Leone is currently in joint 157th place in the IPU’s monthly ranking of women in parliament, well below the global average of 26.4%.

Click here to read the full article published by IPU on 26 January 2023.  

A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act was signed into law by President Julius Maada Bio on 19 January, a few months before the country's next general election scheduled for July 2023.

The law highlights the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and women’s participation in decision-making roles across all areas. As well as in public institutions, the law also stipulates that at least 30% of jobs in the private sector should be held by women (for companies with 25 or more employees) and extends maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.

With the proportion of MPs who are women at 12.33% today, Sierra Leone is currently in joint 157th place in the IPU’s monthly ranking of women in parliament, well below the global average of 26.4%.

Click here to read the full article published by IPU on 26 January 2023.  

A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act was signed into law by President Julius Maada Bio on 19 January, a few months before the country's next general election scheduled for July 2023.

The law highlights the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and women’s participation in decision-making roles across all areas. As well as in public institutions, the law also stipulates that at least 30% of jobs in the private sector should be held by women (for companies with 25 or more employees) and extends maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.

With the proportion of MPs who are women at 12.33% today, Sierra Leone is currently in joint 157th place in the IPU’s monthly ranking of women in parliament, well below the global average of 26.4%.

Click here to read the full article published by IPU on 26 January 2023.  

A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act was signed into law by President Julius Maada Bio on 19 January, a few months before the country's next general election scheduled for July 2023.

The law highlights the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and women’s participation in decision-making roles across all areas. As well as in public institutions, the law also stipulates that at least 30% of jobs in the private sector should be held by women (for companies with 25 or more employees) and extends maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.

With the proportion of MPs who are women at 12.33% today, Sierra Leone is currently in joint 157th place in the IPU’s monthly ranking of women in parliament, well below the global average of 26.4%.

Click here to read the full article published by IPU on 26 January 2023.  

A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act was signed into law by President Julius Maada Bio on 19 January, a few months before the country's next general election scheduled for July 2023.

The law highlights the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and women’s participation in decision-making roles across all areas. As well as in public institutions, the law also stipulates that at least 30% of jobs in the private sector should be held by women (for companies with 25 or more employees) and extends maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.

With the proportion of MPs who are women at 12.33% today, Sierra Leone is currently in joint 157th place in the IPU’s monthly ranking of women in parliament, well below the global average of 26.4%.

Click here to read the full article published by IPU on 26 January 2023.  

A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act was signed into law by President Julius Maada Bio on 19 January, a few months before the country's next general election scheduled for July 2023.

The law highlights the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and women’s participation in decision-making roles across all areas. As well as in public institutions, the law also stipulates that at least 30% of jobs in the private sector should be held by women (for companies with 25 or more employees) and extends maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.

With the proportion of MPs who are women at 12.33% today, Sierra Leone is currently in joint 157th place in the IPU’s monthly ranking of women in parliament, well below the global average of 26.4%.

Click here to read the full article published by IPU on 26 January 2023.  

A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act was signed into law by President Julius Maada Bio on 19 January, a few months before the country's next general election scheduled for July 2023.

The law highlights the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and women’s participation in decision-making roles across all areas. As well as in public institutions, the law also stipulates that at least 30% of jobs in the private sector should be held by women (for companies with 25 or more employees) and extends maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.

With the proportion of MPs who are women at 12.33% today, Sierra Leone is currently in joint 157th place in the IPU’s monthly ranking of women in parliament, well below the global average of 26.4%.

Click here to read the full article published by IPU on 26 January 2023.  

A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act was signed into law by President Julius Maada Bio on 19 January, a few months before the country's next general election scheduled for July 2023.

The law highlights the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and women’s participation in decision-making roles across all areas. As well as in public institutions, the law also stipulates that at least 30% of jobs in the private sector should be held by women (for companies with 25 or more employees) and extends maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.

With the proportion of MPs who are women at 12.33% today, Sierra Leone is currently in joint 157th place in the IPU’s monthly ranking of women in parliament, well below the global average of 26.4%.

Click here to read the full article published by IPU on 26 January 2023.  

A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act was signed into law by President Julius Maada Bio on 19 January, a few months before the country's next general election scheduled for July 2023.

The law highlights the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and women’s participation in decision-making roles across all areas. As well as in public institutions, the law also stipulates that at least 30% of jobs in the private sector should be held by women (for companies with 25 or more employees) and extends maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks.

With the proportion of MPs who are women at 12.33% today, Sierra Leone is currently in joint 157th place in the IPU’s monthly ranking of women in parliament, well below the global average of 26.4%.

Click here to read the full article published by IPU on 26 January 2023.