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Red Política de Mujeres (WPN) de Montenegro

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Una coalición multipartidista de mujeres de 16 partidos políticos, lanzada en 2017 con el apoyo de la UE y el PNUD, que impulsó la reforma de las cuotas electorales y vio aumentar la representación parlamentaria femenina del 11% al 24% a nivel nacional y del 8% al 26% a nivel local.

11 %

Mujeres en el parlamento nacional (2017 (before))

24 %

Mujeres en el parlamento nacional (2021 (after))

8 %

Mujeres en los parlamentos locales (2017 (before))

26 %

Mujeres en los parlamentos locales (2021 (after))

Red Política de Mujeres (WPN) de Montenegro

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: UNDP Montenegro / Ministry of Human and Minority Rights
Period: 2017-2026
Keywords: political participation, electoral quotas, cross-party coalition, gender-based violence

Context

La Women's Political Network (WPN) se creó en Montenegro en noviembre de 2017, financiada por la UE (IPA 2010) e implementada por el PNUD junto con el Ministerio de Derechos Humanos y de las Minorías, reuniendo a mujeres de 16 partidos políticos en una labor de incidencia conjunta a favor de la igualdad de género en la vida política.

Activities

La WPN impulsó una cuota electoral del 40% y una norma de una de cada tres candidaturas, contribuyó a una modificación del Código Penal que alineó la definición de violación con el Convenio de Estambul, y apoyó a seis municipios en la asignación conjunta de EUR 120.000 a iniciativas de emprendimiento femenino.

Results

Durante el período del Plan Estratégico 2017-2021 de la WPN, la representación de las mujeres en el parlamento nacional de Montenegro aumentó del 11% al 24%, y en los parlamentos locales del 8% al 26%; las evaluaciones independientes de formación citadas por el EIGE valoraron el trabajo de la WPN con un 100% de satisfacción y capacidad de respuesta.

Conclusions

Según la actualización más reciente del PNUD, la cuota electoral completa del 40% seguía siendo una propuesta legislativa y no una ley promulgada.

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
UNDP Montenegro / Ministry of Human and Minority Rights — accessed 2026-07-11
EIGE - Good Practice: WPN Montenegro — accessed 2026-07-11
UNDP Montenegro - 40% Quota Press Release — accessed 2026-07-11
UNDP Montenegro - Gender Equality and Justice Project — accessed 2026-07-11
OSCE Mission to Montenegro - Political Parties & Gender Equality Roundtable — accessed 2026-07-11

Attachments

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Quality score: 85/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Top 22% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.

Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

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

Transferability / replicability2/3

Documented by the EU's gender-equality agency (EIGE) as a good-practice model funded through EU IPA and implemented by UNDP, though no confirmed replication in another country has been reported yet.

Impact on gender equality1/1

Women's representation rose from 11% to 24% in the national parliament and from 8% to 26% in local parliaments over the WPN's 2017-2021 strategic period.

Effectiveness1/1

WPN advocacy contributed to a Criminal Code amendment aligning the rape definition with the Istanbul Convention and to the 40% quota proposal now before parliament.

Efficiency0/1

Only a partial budget figure is public (EUR 120,000 across six municipalities for entrepreneurship); WPN's own operating costs and cost-per-outcome are not disclosed.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

EIGE cites independent training evaluations rating WPN's work at 100% satisfaction and responsiveness.

Sustainability1/1

The network has operated continuously since 2016 and UNDP has funded a follow-on project through September 2026.

Achievement / evidence1/1

Concrete, verifiable achievements include the representation gains and the Istanbul Convention-aligned Criminal Code amendment.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

The coalition embeds gender concerns across 16 political parties, municipal budgets, and national criminal and electoral law.

Curator validation1/1

Facts cross-checked against both EIGE's good-practice repository and two independent UNDP Montenegro publications.

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Evidoria. Red Política de Mujeres (WPN) de Montenegro. Persistent ID: 31eeca2b-2e99-4574-b870-11150d79bb63.

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