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A Quota de Lugares Reservados para Mulheres no Parlamento e nos Conselhos Municipais da Mauritânia

Mauritania · Nouakchott · See the Mauritania profile

Desde 2006, a Mauritânia exige uma quota de 20% de mulheres nas listas partidárias, além de lugares reservados na Assembleia Nacional (reforma de 2012). A representação feminina subiu de quase zero para 20-33% nas eleições, embora uma análise de 2013 tenha constatado aplicação inconsistente da lei dos lugares reservados.

21 %

Mulheres na Assembleia Nacional, primeira eleição sob quota (2006)

25.2 %

Mulheres na Assembleia Nacional (2014)

23.3 %

Mulheres na Assembleia Nacional (2023)

A Quota de Lugares Reservados para Mulheres no Parlamento e nos Conselhos Municipais da Mauritânia

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization / Secrétariat d'État chargé de la Condition Féminine
Period: 2006-present
Keywords: political participation, electoral quotas, women in parliament, governance

Context

A Mauritânia introduziu uma quota de 20% para candidatas mulheres através da Portaria 2006-029, reforçada em 2012 por leis que criaram 20 lugares reservados a mulheres na Assembleia Nacional e que tornaram obrigatória a alternância nas listas, com um ajustamento adicional em 2018.

Results

As mulheres conquistaram aproximadamente 21% dos lugares na Assembleia Nacional e 30.3% dos lugares municipais nas primeiras eleições ao abrigo da lei (2006), subindo para 22.1% (2010-2013), 25.2% (2014), 33% dos lugares combinados da Assembleia/Senado em 2018, e 23.3% (41 de 176 lugares) na eleição unicameral de 2023.

Conclusions

O Trans-Saharan Elections Project reportou que as disposições de 2012 relativas aos lugares reservados 'ainda não tinham sido aplicadas em setembro de 2013', refletindo a resistência inicial dos partidos políticos; a representação autárquica permanece muito mais baixa e é reportada de forma inconsistente entre as fontes.

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
Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization / Secrétariat d'État chargé de la Condition Féminine — accessed 2026-07-11
International IDEA Gender Quotas Database — accessed 2026-07-11
Trans-Saharan Elections Project (Univ. of Florida) — accessed 2026-07-11
MEWC 2018 Election Monitoring — accessed 2026-07-11

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Quality score: 85/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Top 22% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Transferability / replicability2/3

Reserved-seat list quotas are a well-established policy tool used across the region (IDEA's Gender Quotas Database), though no direct replication of Mauritania's specific design is documented.

Impact on gender equality1/1

Women's National Assembly representation rose from negligible before 2006 to 20-33% across subsequent elections (IDEA, TSEP, MEWC).

Effectiveness1/1

The quota met or exceeded its 20% floor in most cycles (e.g., 30.3% municipal seats in 2006; 33% combined seats in 2018), even though the 2012 reserved-seat provisions were reported as unenforced as of 2013.

Efficiency0/1

No cost or budget-efficiency data for administering the quota was found in available sources.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

Outcomes are tracked systematically across five election cycles (2006, 2010-2013, 2014, 2018, 2023) by IDEA and TSEP.

Sustainability1/1

The framework has been maintained and amended for almost two decades (2006, 2012, 2018) and applied through the 2023 election.

Achievement / evidence1/1

Three independent sources (IDEA, TSEP, MEWC) corroborate quantified gains in women's seat share across six election cycles.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

The quota is jointly administered by the electoral authority and the women's affairs secretariat, embedding it in standing government machinery rather than a one-off initiative.

Curator validation1/1

Findings were cross-checked across three independent sources on different domains (IDEA, University of Florida TSEP, MEWC) before inclusion.

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Evidoria. A Quota de Lugares Reservados para Mulheres no Parlamento e nos Conselhos Municipais da Mauritânia. Persistent ID: 6036cedf-0a67-4b9c-b49f-078476da9001.

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