Additional information about gender quotas

Organic Law n° 91/012/ctrn enacting the Electoral Code, modified by Organic Laws n° l93/038/ctrn of 20/08/1993, l/95/011ctrn of 12/05/1995 and L/2010/------/cnt of April 22, 2010:

Guinea’s legislation on public funding of political parties states that 5% of the total state funding for political parties will be proportionally distributed to the parties which have elected women members of parliament (Article 4 (5)) and 5% will be allocated to parties which have women elected as members of local government bodies (Article 4 (5)).

In the most recent elections, held on 28 September 2013, international election observers noted that the 30% quota requirement was not met by six party lists. Considering that the electoral law does not foresee any type of sanctions for non-compliance with the gender quota, the electoral authorities did not use any mechanism of strict enforcement of the quota requirements (European Union Electoral Observation Mission, 2013).