… improve decision-making and strengthen democracy. The European Charter on the Equality of Women and Men in Local … with all ministries, state administration bodies, the parliament, public institutions, local government bodies, …
… Participation in Malta’ and ‘Women within the Party of European Socialists Women’. Nisa Laburisti became more … Abela Baldacchino, supported by the S&D group of the EuropeanParliament. This initiative aimed to encourage and support …
… of elected political posts held by women is respectable at European level (38%), rather low nationally (26%) and abysmal … level, with the 2011 elections returning 26.5% of women to parliament and 17% to government posts . At European level the gender balance is even better, and since …
… of the Congress of Deputies, which is the lower chamber of parliament. Members of the Congress of Deputies are elected … 43 (1), 2013, pp. 109-128; Valiente, Celia, Women in parliament: The effectiveness of quotas, Women and … Spain: From party quotas to electoral gender quotas. West European Politics 35 (2) March 2012, pp. 395-414; Verge, …
… quotas, constitutional reform and a women-friendly parliament. These were supported by consciousness-raising and … improve the representation of women in local, national and European politics; raise awareness of the need for … of women in politics in the lead-up to the 2014 local and European elections. Large meetings were held with candidates …