Affirmative Action
News
20 September
Indian government introduces constitutional amendment to reserve one-third of lower house and state legislative seats for women and other groups
Voices From The Field
4 September
The review of constitutionalized ethnic quotas in Burundi: a turning point?
News
24 August
In Nigeria, speaker of the house discusses possibility of amending constitution to increase number of women in parliament
Voices From The Field
26 May 2022
No celebration for gender-corrective mechanism adding 12 women MPs to Malta’s ineffective parliament
News
5 April 2022
In Jordan, lower house approves electoral law, lowering age of candidacy and increasing quota for women
News
11 March 2022
In Nigeria, lower house rescinds its rejection of three constitutional gender equality amendments after protests
News
8 March 2022
In Malta, constitutional court allows continuation of case challenging parliamentary gender quotas
News
22 February 2022
In the Gambia, parliament debates constitutional amendment to enlarge national assembly and reserve seats
Voices From The Field
22 December 2021
In the World of Constitution Building in 2021
Voices From The Field
19 February 2021
Malta’s proposed gender top-up system: Good intentions, questionable means?
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