Zimbabwe Section 124 — 60 Reserved Parliamentary Seats for Women (2013 Constitution)
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution reserved 60 PR seats for women, raising female representation to 31.5% in 2018; however women won only …
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Quota électoral « zipper » du Timor-Leste — Une femme pour trois candidats
Timor-Leste · Dili · See the Timor-Leste profile
La loi électorale du Timor-Leste impose un quota zipper d'une femme pour trois candidats sur les listes, portant la représentation féminine au Parlement de moins de 20 % (avant 2006) à 40 % en juin 2023 — le double de la moyenne Asie-Pacifique — selon l'UIP, l'IFES et l'IWDA.
<20% → 40%
Femmes au parlement (pre-2006 to 2023)
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- STAE – Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral
- Period
- 2006–present
- Keywords
- government, electoral, political participation
Context
La loi électorale du Timor oriental (6/2006, modifiée en 2011) exige au moins une femme sur trois candidats sur les listes des partis, les listes non conformes étant rejetées.
Results
La part des femmes au parlement est passée de moins de 20 % avant 2006 à 40 % lors des élections de juin 2023 — le double de la moyenne Asie-Pacifique — comme l'attestent l'IPU Parline, l'IFES et l'IWDA.
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 2026-06-23
- STAE – Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral — accessed 2026-06-23
- IWDA analysis (2016) — accessed 2026-06-23
- IPU Parline – Timor-Leste data on women — accessed 2026-06-23
- IFES 2023 election snapshot — accessed 2026-06-23
- UN Women Data Hub – Timor-Leste — accessed 2026-06-23
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