IDEA Publications
IDEA Workshop reports
The Arab Quota Report: Selected Case Studies (An International IDEA Report)
The Implementation of Quotas: African Experiences (An International IDEA Report)
The Implementation of Quotas: Asian Experiences (An International IDEA Report)
The Implementation of Quotas: Latin American Experiences (An International IDEA Report). Spanish translation: La aplicación de las cuotas: experiencias latinoamericanas
The Implementation of Quotas: European Experiences (An International IDEA Report in collaboration with the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity and the CEE Network for Gender Issues)
Case Studies (Acrobat format)
Global
Comparative Studies of Electoral Gender Quotas
By Drude DahlerupQuotas -- A Jump to Equality? The Need for International Comparisons of the Use of Electoral Quotas to obtain Equal Political Citizenship for Women
By Drude DahlerupQuotas are Changing the History of Women
By Drude DahlerupAfrica
Quotas in Francophone Africa: Modest Beginnings
By Aissata De DiopImplementation of Quotas: Experiences of the SADC Parliamentary Forum
By Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-NhunduQuota Systems in Africa - An Overview
By Bookie Monica Kethusegile-JuruThe Quota System within the African Union
By Dr. Mary MaborekeBeyond Numbers - Quotas in practise (African Experiences)
By Colleen Lowe MornaQuotas in Africa by Aili Mari Tripp
Europe
Strengthening Women’s Participation in the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
By Kareen Jabre, Inter-Parliamentary UnionSocialist International Women
By Karolina Leakovic, General Secretary of Social Democratic Women’s Forum SDP CroatiaMoving Beyond Quotas in the EU: An Emerging Stage of Democracy
By Agnès Hubert (European Commission)No Quota Fever in Europe?
By Drude Dahlerup Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, SwedenIntroducing Parity Democracy: The Role of the International Community and the European Women’s Lobby
By Cécile Gréboval, European Women’s Lobby Policy CoordinatorThe Role of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and its Monitoring Procedures for Achieving Gender Equality in Political Representation
By Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling, Expert Member of the CEDAW CommitteeLobbying for Quotas: The Experience of the CEE Network for Gender Issues
By Daša Šašić Šilović (CEE Network for Gender Issues)Latin America
The Quota System in Latin America: General Overview
By Jacqueline Peschard
Argentina
Pioneering Quotas: The Argentine Experience and Beyond
By María José LubertinoBangladesh
The Implementation of Quotas: Bangladesh Experience -- Dependence and Marginality in Politics
By Najma ChowdhuryBolivia
Women's Political Participation in Bolivia: Progress and Obstacles
Jimena Costa BenavidesBosnia and Herzegovina
Application of Quotas: Legal Reforms and Implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Besima BorićBrazil
Quotas for Women in the Brazilian Legislative System
By Clara AraújoBritain
The Implementation of Gender Quotas in Britain
By Judith SquiresCosta Rica
Putting the Mandate into Practice: Legal Reform in Costa Rica
By Ana Isabel García QuesadaCroatia
Political Party Quotas in the Croatian Social Democratic Party
By Karolina LeakovićEast Timor
East Timor and the Debate on Quotas
By Milena PiresEgypt
Introducing Quotas in Africa: Discourse in Egypt
By Gihan Abou-ZeidEcuador
La participación política de la mujer indígena en el Parlamento ecuatoriano. Una tarea pendiente (Spanish only)
By Nina PacariFrance
Institutionalizing Parity: The French Experience
By Mariette SineauHungary
Advancement of Women’s Issues through Political Mobilization in Hungary: Impact of the Hungarian Socialist Party Quota
By Zita Gurmai and Marta Bonifert (CEE Network for Gender Issues)India
The Implementation of Quotas for Women: The Indian Experience
By Vasanthi RamanIndonesia
The Political Representation of Women in Indonesia: How Can It Be Achieved?
By Chusnul Mar'iyah, PhDLithuania
The Women’s Movement in Lithuania: Discourses and Lobbying Strategies By Meilute Taljunaite, Institute for Social Research Lithuania
Macedonia
Quotas: The Case of Macedonia
By Daniela Dimitrievska (Macedonian Women’s Lobby)Mauritius
Engendering the Mauritian Political Space: The Need for Quotas
By Sheila BunwareeMexico
Quota Implementation in Mexico
By Jacqueline PeschardMorocco
Women's Political Participation: The Case of Morocco
By Rachida TahriNamibia
Moving Towards Gender Balance in Elected Positions of Government in Namibia
By Liz FrankNorway
The Norwegian Experience of Gender Quotas
By Richard E. Matland Professor, University of HoustonPakistan
Quotas in Pakistan: A Case Study
By Socorro L. ReyesPeru
Quotas and Democracy in Peru
By Ana María YáñezTaking Stock of the Implementation of Quotas in Peru
By Rocío Villanueva FloresThe Implementation of Gender Quotas in Peru: Legal Reform, Discourses and Impacts
By Gregory D. SchmidtUnanticipated Successes: Lessons from Peru's Experiences with Gender Quotas in Majoritarian Closed List and Open List PR Systems
By Gregory D. SchmidtPoland
Gender Party Quotas in Poland
By Renata Siemienska, Warsaw UniversityRwanda
Quotas In Practice: The Challenge Of Implementation And Enforcement In Rwanda
By The Honourable Judith KanakuzeSenegal
Women in Politics in Senegal
By Aminata Faye KasséSerbia and Montenegro
Implementing Quotas: Legal Reform and Enforcement in Serbia and Montenegro
By Zorica Mrsević (Institute for Social Science Research)Slovenia
A Short History of Quotas in Slovenia
By Sonja Lokar Chair, Gender Task Force of the Stability Pact for South Eastern EuropeSouth Africa
Political Party Quotas in South Africa
By Mavivi Myakayaka-ManziniTanzania
The Politics of Quotas in Tanzania
By Ruth MeenaUganda
Introducing Quotas in Africa: Discourse and Legal Reform in Uganda
By Sylvia Tamale
