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Lei da Quota de 25% para Candidaturas no Djibouti (2018)

Djibouti · Djibouti City · See the Djibouti profile

Em 2018, o Djibouti aumentou a quota legal de candidatas de 10% para 25%, com listas partidárias não conformes consideradas inadmissíveis. A representação feminina passou de 10,8% para 26,2% nesse ano, mas caiu para 23,1% em 2023, abaixo do limite legal.

10%

Quota inicial de candidatas (2002) (2002)

25%

Quota de candidatas aumentada (2018) (2018)

10.8%

Proporção de lugares ocupados por mulheres antes da reforma (pre-2018)

26.2%

Proporção de lugares ocupados por mulheres, eleições de 2018 (2018)

23.08% (15 of 65 seats)

Proporção de lugares ocupados por mulheres, eleições de 2023 (2023)

Lei da Quota de 25% para Candidaturas no Djibouti (2018)

Details

Promoter: National Assembly of Djibouti
Period: 2002-2023
Keywords: gender quotas, elections, political participation, legislation

Context

A Assembleia Nacional do Djibouti estabeleceu pela primeira vez uma quota legal de 10% de candidatas em 2002 (Lei n.º 192/AN/02/4.ª L). Na sequência de uma autoavaliação de sensibilidade de género realizada em 2017 com apoio da UIP, aprovou a Lei n.º 219/AN/18/7.ª L, em 11 de janeiro de 2018, que elevou a quota para 25% e tornou legalmente inadmissíveis as listas partidárias que não cumprissem esse requisito.

Results

Nas eleições de fevereiro de 2018, a proporção de mulheres nos lugares da Assembleia Nacional subiu de 10,8% para 26,2% — um salto de 15,4 pontos percentuais que a UIP classificou como um dos maiores ganhos registados em todo o mundo nesse ano. Contudo, nas eleições de 2023, apenas 15 dos 65 lugares (23,08%) foram atribuídos a mulheres, ficando abaixo do limiar mínimo legal de 25%.

Conclusions

A fonte assinala que o défice registado em 2023 ilustra uma fragilidade comum das quotas baseadas em listas: uma regra formal de inadmissibilidade pode ser cumprida no papel, ao passo que colocar as mulheres em posições baixas nas listas partidárias continua a limitar o número das que são efetivamente eleitas.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-11
National Assembly of Djibouti — accessed 2026-07-11
IPU: Wind of change in Djibouti — accessed 2026-07-11
International IDEA Gender Quotas Database — accessed 2026-07-11

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Quality score: 74/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

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Transferability / replicability2/3

List-based candidate quotas with list-inadmissibility enforcement are a well-documented, widely replicated mechanism tracked by the IDEA/IPU/Stockholm University Gender Quotas Database, though this case's 2023 backslide shows replication doesn't guarantee durability.

Impact on gender equality1/1

Women's National Assembly seats rose 10.8% to 26.2% in the 2018 election immediately following the reform, a documented double-digit gain (IPU).

Effectiveness1/1

The 2018 quota law achieved above-target results in its first election cycle, with women's seat share rising to 26.2%, exceeding the mandated 25% floor (IPU).

Efficiency0/1

No cost, budget, or cost-per-outcome data for implementing or enforcing the quota was found in available sources.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

Seat-share changes were measured and reported across two full election cycles (2018 and 2023) by IPU and independent election monitors.

Sustainability0/1

By the 2023 election, women's representation fell to 23.08%, below the legal 25% floor, showing the gain was not durable (Djibouti election monitoring).

Achievement / evidence1/1

The reform is corroborated by three independent sources (IPU, International IDEA's Gender Quotas Database, and Djibouti election monitoring) with consistent figures.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

The quota directly embeds a gender target into binding electoral law, a core gender-mainstreaming mechanism for political institutions.

Curator validation1/1

Multiple independent, verifiable sources with matching figures support this entry, including an honest account of its 2023 shortfall.

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Evidoria. Lei da Quota de 25% para Candidaturas no Djibouti (2018). Persistent ID: 98953f8c-864f-415c-9b94-edd95923097d.

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