Iraq's Constitutional Quota for Women in the Council of Representatives
Since 2005, Iraq's constitution has reserved at least 25% of the 329-seat Council of Representatives for women. In 2021, women won 95 …
Catalogue: Gender Equality clear
Since 2005, Iraq's constitution has reserved at least 25% of the 329-seat Council of Representatives for women. In 2021, women won 95 …
Lesotho's 2005 Local Government Elections Act randomly reserved 30% of local council seats for women-only contests, pushing female representation to 58% that …
Since 2006, Liberia's Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET) has run community "Peace Huts" where women mediate disputes and refer gender-based violence cases …
Since 1992 Austria has credited up to 4 years per child toward the pension of the parent who raises them, plus voluntary …
Amel Association built MENNA, a network of 13 Lebanese civil-society groups that trained over 1,000 rural and Syrian refugee women in handicraft …
Cuba's referendum-approved 2022 Family Code makes care and domestic work a shared legal duty between spouses, bans sex- and gender-identity discrimination, and …
Uzbekistan's legal candidate quota for women rose from 30% (2019) to 40% (2024). Women's share of elected Legislative Chamber deputies grew from …
Sri Lanka's 2016 law required 25% women candidates for local councils. In the 2018 elections, women's representation jumped from under 2% to …
Kosovo's Law No. 03/L-073 (2008) mandates ≥30% of each gender on Assembly candidate lists, alternating every 3 names. Women's Assembly seats have …
Moldova's Law No. 71/2016 requires ≥40% of each sex on party candidate lists for parliamentary and local elections. Women's share of MPs …
Kenya's M-Pesa, launched 2007, lifted an est. 194,000 households (2% of Kenyan households) out of poverty by 2014, with female-headed households gaining …
Sociological research by Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2015) documented women serving in combat roles without recognition, directly driving Ukraine's 2018 law opening 63 military …
Since 1997 the Dominican Republic has progressively tightened its electoral candidate quota from 25% to a 40–60% parity band, lifting women's share …
Since 2004, femLINKpacific's Women's Weather Watch connects rural Fijian women via SMS and radio to the Fiji Met Office. By 2016, it …
Jordan's largest microfinance institution, Microfund for Women (MFW), has since 1994 extended 1.2 million loans worth USD 827 million across 60 branches …
Georgia's 2020 Electoral Code required every 4th party-list seat to go to a person of a different gender. Women in parliament rose …
Taiwan's 2002 Act mandates equal pay, paid maternity leave, paternity leave, sexual harassment prevention and flexible work. Female LFP rose from ~46% …
Tanzania reserves ≥30% of National Assembly seats for women via party-proportional special seats. After 2020 elections women held 37.4%: 113 through the …
Uruguay's Law 19.580 (2017) defines 20+ GBV forms — including femicide, obstetric and digital violence. Creates a GBV Observatory and specialised courts. …
Approved by Swiss referendum (60.3% Yes, Sept 2020) and in force since 1 Jan 2021, the statutory two-week paternity leave pays 80% …
Nepal's 2015 Constitution mandated 40% women in all state organs; the 2017 local elections resulted in 14,352 women elected—40.96% of 35,041 representatives—making …
South Korea's rolling 5-year gender representation plans delivered measurable results: female Grade-4-plus civil servants rose from 15.6% (2018) to 30.8% (2023), exceeding …
Japan's Joseikatsu Act (2016) requires employers with 101+ staff to disclose gender workplace data and build action plans; 1,905 companies held Eruboshi …
The Professional Women’s Network (PWN) Stockholm represents the Swedish arm of PWN Global, a collective of over 24 professional networks dedicated to …
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