Mauritania's Reserved-Seat Quota for Women in Parliament and Local Councils
Since 2006, Mauritania has required a 20% women's quota on party lists plus reserved National Assembly seats (2012 reform). Women's representation rose …
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Since 2006, Mauritania has required a 20% women's quota on party lists plus reserved National Assembly seats (2012 reform). Women's representation rose …
Suriname's Bureau of Gender Affairs issued a 15-year Gender Vision Policy (2021-2035) on political participation, building on a decade of steady, unlegislated …
HKEX banned single-gender boards for 2,700+ issuers in 2022, with a Dec 2024 deadline. Single-gender boards fell from 32.9% (2021) to ~3% …
Chile's Ley Karin (Law 21.643), in force since 1 August 2024, mandates employer protocols and fast-track investigations for workplace harassment and violence. …
Australia's civil-penalty scheme for non-consensual intimate image sharing and deepfake abuse saw reports rise 960% (849 in 2018/19 to 9,060 in 2022/23), …
Senegal's 2010 parity law requires alternating male-female candidate lists. Women's share of the National Assembly nearly doubled to about 43% in 2012, …
Mexico's 2019 constitutional reform mandates gender parity across all three branches of government at every level. Congress reached near-parity after the 2018 …
Bosnia and Herzegovina's High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council became the first public institution in Europe to earn UNDP's Gender Equality Seal, meeting …
Sierra Leone's 2022 Gender Equality Act mandates a 30% quota for women in politics, public service and firms with 25+ staff. After …
Uruguay's Law 19.353 (2015) created the first Latin American national care system, professionalising care work and expanding subsidised childcare and elder care …
Ethiopia's land certification programme (1998-2021) put both spouses' names/photos on joint land certificates for millions of households. Women's perceived tenure security reached …
Bangladesh's flagship rural women's safety net, running since 1975. Each 24-month cycle supports ~750,000 women with 30 kg of fortified rice monthly …
National programme launched in June 2021 providing free period products in 2,100+ state schools, covering 97–98% of students. Over 600,000 packs distributed …
Côte d'Ivoire's 2019 family law reform set the minimum marriage age at 18, granted equal parental authority, equalised marital property and protected …
Since 2013, SWAPO's 50/50 rule alternates male and female candidates on all National Assembly lists. Women's seats rose from 21% (2010) to …
Vision 2030 reforms lifted female labour participation from 17% (2017) to 36.2% (Q3 2024), exceeding the 30% target. Key measures: driving ban …
Philippines' Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710, 2009) mandates ≥5% of every government agency's budget for Gender and Development. In 2023, PHP …
Switzerland's federal childcare grant programme (since 2003) co-funded ~63,000 new family-external care places by 2020, helping parents — mainly mothers — combine …
Kenya's Women Enterprise Fund (WEF, 2007) is a government credit facility providing affordable loans to women entrepreneurs. By 2022 it had reached …
Canada's Pay Equity Act (2018, in force Aug 2021) shifts pay equity from complaint-based to proactive: ~5,000 federally regulated employers covering 1.4 …
Science is a woman - women of science for women of the Silesian Voivodship This unique event was organized on the occasion …
Since March 2021, a research team from the Institute for Research in Social Communication SAS from Slovakia has been conducting a gender …
The Valongo Municipality Plan for Equality and Non-Discrimination aims to increase the participation of women in decision-making positions within the municipality. The …
This is a German government-led initiative launched in 2014, in collaboration with business leaders and other organizations, which aims to address the …
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