Affirmative Action
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Voices From The Field
31 January
In the World of Constitution-Building in 2023
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News
25 September 2023
In India, upper house of parliament unanimously passes constitutional bill on reserving one-third of lower house and state legislative seats for women and other groups
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News
20 September 2023
Indian government introduces constitutional amendment to reserve one-third of lower house and state legislative seats for women and other groups
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Voices From The Field
4 September 2023
The review of constitutionalized ethnic quotas in Burundi: a turning point?
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News
24 August 2023
In Nigeria, speaker of the house discusses possibility of amending constitution to increase number of women in parliament
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Voices From The Field
26 May 2022
No celebration for gender-corrective mechanism adding 12 women MPs to Malta’s ineffective parliament
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News
5 April 2022
In Jordan, lower house approves electoral law, lowering age of candidacy and increasing quota for women
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News
11 March 2022
In Nigeria, lower house rescinds its rejection of three constitutional gender equality amendments after protests
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News
8 March 2022
In Malta, constitutional court allows continuation of case challenging parliamentary gender quotas
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News
22 February 2022
In the Gambia, parliament debates constitutional amendment to enlarge national assembly and reserve seats
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