The Republic of Guinea adopted on 2 May, a Law on Parity that says women must make fifty per cent of the candidate lists for elective positions.
Approximately 60 percent of Guinea’
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | Structure of parliament | ||
| For the Single/Lower House? | > | Current members | |
| Percentage of women | % | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
Since the country returned to democratic rule in 1992, efforts have been made towards this direction and it is yielding good results.
Since the end of that campaign, NDI has been working with political parties to compile their lessons learned throughout the historic presidential election process of 2010.
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Democratic Institute (NDI) today condemned the assassination attempt against President Alpha Condé of the Republic of Guinea at his residence in Conakry during the early hours of July 19.
Since 2008, when the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) began working on gender and security sector transformation in West Africa, we have repeatedly been asked for information on gender and security from other countries in the region, such as examples of good pra
Since 2008, when the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) began working on gender and security sector transformation in West Africa, we have repeatedly been asked for information on gender and security from other countries in the region, such as examples of good pra
This article examines the various approaches to understanding the relationship between women and poverty.
This article examines the various approaches to understanding the relationship between women and poverty.