A Glance at Women’s Political Representation and Decision-making in the EU and Central Asia
Written by:The existence of gender quotas does not determine their effectiveness in increasing women’s participation in political decision-making. Nonetheless, as Kamila Mateeva argues, the experience of Belgium demonstrates that candidate quotas are more effective when combined with placement requirements and enforceable sanctions, while the Kyrgyz legal framework provides relatively strong guarantees of women’s descriptive representation through candidate, district and mandate rules.