Positive measurement instrument aimed at accelerating the achievement of gender-balanced participation and representation by establishing a defined proportion (percentage) or number of places or seats to be filled by, or allocated to, women and/or men, generally under certain rules or criteria.
… in part down to the benefits of legislative action. The quotas requiring a minimum proportion of each gender in candidate lists have been set at 30 % in Albania, … very male-dominated in the Western Balkans and Türkiye. Gender stereotypes and a lack of role models to defy said …