India's 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1992) reserved one-third of seats in rural Panchayati Raj institutions for women. Over 1.4 million women now hold …
Cameroon's Electoral Code (Loi 2012/001) introduced a 30%-minimum gender requirement on party lists. Women's National Assembly seats more than doubled: from 13.8% …
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 12%96/100
FRELIMO's voluntary 40% women candidate quota with alternating zebra lists has lifted women's share of Mozambique's parliament from 26% (1994) to 43.2% …
Maputo, Mozambique
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 12%96/100
Singapore's 2022 White Paper on Women's Development, grounded in a 2021 national consultation of 6,000+ participants, sets 25 cross-ministry actions covering workplace …
Singapore, Singapore
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 12%96/100
Ecuador's 2020 electoral reform mandated 50/50 alternating gender parity in all candidate lists. Women in the National Assembly rose from ~30% pre-reform …
Quito, Ecuador
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 12%96/100
Bolivia's Law 026/2010 mandates 50/50 parity and rotation in all electoral candidate lists. Women's share in the Plurinational Assembly rose from 14% …
Mexico's 2019 "Paridad en Todo" constitutional reform extended mandatory 50/50 parity from legislature lists to all public institutions. By 2024: women held …
NZD 2 billion pay equity settlement for 55,000 predominantly-female care and support workers, enacted June 2017. Wages rose 15-50% (minimum-wage workers: +21%). …
Law 21.216 (2020) mandated parity electoral lists and a results-correction mechanism for Chile's Constitutional Convention, producing the world's first gender-balanced constitutional body: …
Rwanda's 2003 Constitution (Art. 76) mandates ≥30% women in all elected positions; the Gender Monitoring Office (Law 51/2007) enforces compliance across public, …
Kigali, Rwanda
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 12%96/100
Sweden's Discrimination Act requires employers with 10+ staff to conduct an annual pay equity survey (lönekartläggning) and close identified gaps within three …
Stockholm, Sweden
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 12%96/100
France's 2018 law requires companies with 50+ employees to publish an annual gender-equality score (0–100 points). Average scores rose from 84/100 (2020) …
Ireland's 2012 law conditions party state funding on fielding ≥30% women candidates (threshold raised to 40% in 2023). Women's Dáil representation rose …
The Central Chamber of Commerce is at the forefront of promoting female leadership within the Finnish corporate sector, emphasizing the importance of …
Helsinki, Finland· National
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 12%96/100