Sources for gender quotas

Uruguay

Uruguay

Answer
Yes
Comment

LEGAL SOURCES:

  • Constitution of Uruguay (amendment through 2004) - Spanish/ English
  • Electoral Law - Link
  • Political Parties Law 18485/2009 - Link
  • Law on equal participation of people of both sexes in elective bodies and political parties (Law 18476/2009) (amended by law 19.555/2018) - Link
  • Equal rights and opportunities between men and women in the republic (Law 18104/2007) - Link

OTHER SOURCES:

  • Parliament of Uruguay - Link
  • National Gender Council - Link
  • Electoral Court - Link
  • Approval of obligations emerging from international human rights law, in relation to equality and non-discrimination between men and women, including formal, substantive and recognition equality (Law 19846/2019) - Link
  • Atenea initiative for the political rights of women in Latin America (UN Women - UNDP - International IDEA) - Link
  • Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU Parline Uruguay 
 
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