April 4, 2017
Cabo Verde: Female parliamentarians deliver documents to ministries to advance gender equality
Cabo Verde
Election
5060: Cabo Verde, 04/30/2026, Cabo Verdean National Assembly
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | Yes | Structure of parliament | Bicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | Yes | >Current members | 72 |
| Percentage of women | 39.00% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
Note: this page was last updated on October 12, 2021.
Election for:
April 4, 2017
Cabo Verde: Female parliamentarians deliver documents to ministries to advance gender equality
April 26, 2015
Pro PALOP-TL SAI: strengthening Women MPs’ capacities for more effective gender sensitive legislative budget oversight in Cabo Verde Islands
Written by Isaura Lopes Ramos, Communications Officer at the joint UNDP/UNFPS/UNICEF office of Cabo Verde.
May 30, 2012
Sudan: Beshir Vows Sudan Elections on Time
Sudan's new electoral law grants women 25 percent of seats in parliament and introduces proportional representation in what has been billed as a road towards democratic transformation.
Election
5093: Cabo Verde, 10/31/2026, Cabo Verdean Presidency
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | Yes | Structure of parliament | Bicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | Yes | >Current members | 72 |
| Percentage of women | 39.00% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
Note: this page was last updated on October 12, 2021.
Election for:
April 4, 2017
Cabo Verde: Female parliamentarians deliver documents to ministries to advance gender equality
April 26, 2015
Pro PALOP-TL SAI: strengthening Women MPs’ capacities for more effective gender sensitive legislative budget oversight in Cabo Verde Islands
Written by Isaura Lopes Ramos, Communications Officer at the joint UNDP/UNFPS/UNICEF office of Cabo Verde.
May 30, 2012
Sudan: Beshir Vows Sudan Elections on Time
Sudan's new electoral law grants women 25 percent of seats in parliament and introduces proportional representation in what has been billed as a road towards democratic transformation.
April 26, 2015
Pro PALOP-TL SAI: strengthening Women MPs’ capacities for more effective gender sensitive legislative budget oversight in Cabo Verde Islands
Written by Isaura Lopes Ramos, Communications Officer at the joint UNDP/UNFPS/UNICEF office of Cabo Verde.
Violence against women in politics
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
May 30, 2012
Sudan: Beshir Vows Sudan Elections on Time
Sudan's new electoral law grants women 25 percent of seats in parliament and introduces proportional representation in what has been billed as a road towards democratic transformation.
The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa: A survey of police, defence, justice and penal services in ECOWAS states
Since 2008, when the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) began working on gender and security sector transformation in West Africa, we have repeatedly been asked for information on gender and security from other countries in the region, such as examples of good pra