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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Special measures for advancing women where they have suffered past discrimination may include quotas to ensure participation or representation.


Obligations

  • Equality Between Men and Women

Election Parts

  • Legal Framework
  • Election Management
  • Candidacy and Campaigning
  • Voting Operations

Issues

  • Special Measures

Criteria

  • The state took steps to ensure de facto equality between men and women

Quotes

  • The term “measures” encompasses a wide variety of legislative, executive, administrative and other regulatory instruments, policies and practices, such as outreach or support programmes; allocation and/or reallocation of resources; preferential treatment; targeted recruitment, hiring and promotion; numerical goals connected with time frames; and quota systems.
  • It may be appropriate to require political parties and other nominating organizations to put forward a minimum number of candidates of each gender, with reasonable chances to be elected.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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