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Política de Visión de Género de Surinam (2021-2035) y el Aumento de la Representación Femenina

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La Oficina de Asuntos de Género de Surinam publicó una política de visión de género a 15 años (2021-2035) sobre participación política, apoyada en una década de avances graduales sin cuota legal: el porcentaje de mujeres en la Asamblea Nacional pasó de cerca del 10% en 2010 a más del 31% en 2025.

9.8-11.8 %

Mujeres en la Asamblea Nacional (2010)

31.37 %

Mujeres en la Asamblea Nacional (2024-2025)

Política de Visión de Género de Surinam (2021-2035) y el Aumento de la Representación Femenina

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Suriname
Period: 2010-2025
Keywords: gender policy, political participation, national gender machinery

Context

Surinam no tiene una cuota de candidatas establecida por ley, pero su Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) ha construido un apoyo institucional para la participación política de las mujeres, elaborando un Gender Plan of Action (2019-2020) y una Gender Vision Policy a 15 años (2021-2035) que abarca siete áreas prioritarias, incluyendo el poder y la toma de decisiones.

Results

La proporción de mujeres en la Asamblea Nacional de Surinam, de 51 escaños, aumentó de aproximadamente el 9.8-11.8% (6 escaños) en 2010, al 25.5% (13 escaños) en 2015, al 29.4% (15 escaños) tras las elecciones de 2020, alcanzando el 31.37% en 2024-2025.

Conclusions

Dado que estos avances no están anclados en una legislación electoral vinculante, siguen estando más expuestos a un retroceso que los sistemas basados en cuotas de otras partes de la región; no fue posible verificar de forma independiente los objetivos numéricos específicos contenidos en el propio documento de la Gender Vision Policy únicamente a partir del texto publicado.

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
Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Suriname — accessed 2026-07-11
UN ECLAC Gender Equality Observatory: Suriname Gender Vision Policy 2021-2035 — accessed 2026-07-11
The Global Economy: Suriname Women in Parliament — 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

National gender-policy frameworks with prioritized action areas are a widely used, replicable mechanism hosted comparably across the region by the UN ECLAC Gender Equality Observatory.

Impact on gender equality1/1

Women's National Assembly representation rose from about 10% (2010) to 31.37% (2024-2025), a sustained and substantial gain (theglobaleconomy.com, World Bank/IPU data).

Effectiveness1/1

Representation increased in every measured election cycle (2010, 2015, 2020) and held through 2024-2025, indicating a consistently positive trajectory.

Efficiency0/1

No budget or cost-effectiveness data for the Gender Vision Policy or Bureau of Gender Affairs activities was available in the sources reviewed.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

Women's parliamentary representation is tracked and quantified annually (theglobaleconomy.com/World Bank aggregation), giving a clear, evaluated outcome series.

Sustainability1/1

The representation gain has held and slightly increased across three consecutive election cycles (2015, 2020, 2024), and is now anchored in a policy framework running to 2035.

Achievement / evidence1/1

The policy's existence, issuing body and structure are corroborated by three independent sources (UN ECLAC, theglobaleconomy.com, Catalyst), though specific numeric KPI targets inside the policy document could not be independently verified.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

The Gender Vision Policy explicitly mainstreams gender across seven government priority areas, including power and decision-making.

Curator validation1/1

Sources are independent and consistent, and the entry transparently notes that an initial unverified 'gender-balanced cabinet' claim was excluded rather than reported as fact.

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Evidoria. Política de Visión de Género de Surinam (2021-2035) y el Aumento de la Representación Femenina. Persistent ID: 859d324b-e01d-4ec7-a8a4-fb40a2107c8d.

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