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Indian Parliament (photo credit: PM Modi twitter via ANI)
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20 September
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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Politicians co-opted through Malta's gender-corrective mechanism (photo credit: The Malta Independent)
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No celebration for gender-corrective mechanism adding 12 women MPs to Malta’s ineffective parliament
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5 April 2022
In Jordan, lower house approves electoral law, lowering age of candidacy and increasing quota for women
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In Nigeria, lower house rescinds its rejection of three constitutional gender equality amendments after protests
Parliament of Malta (photo credit: The Island)
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In Malta, constitutional court allows continuation of case challenging parliamentary gender quotas
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22 February 2022
In the Gambia, parliament debates constitutional amendment to enlarge national assembly and reserve seats
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In the World of Constitution Building in 2021
Parliament of Malta (photo credit: Darrin Zammit Lupi via Times of Malta)
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19 February 2021
Malta’s proposed gender top-up system: Good intentions, questionable means?

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