The conclusions of the survey on women`s participation to politics
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CCRE CEMR Rat der Gemeinden und Regionen Europas Council of European Municipalities and Regions Europæiske kommuners og regioners råd Consejo de municipios y regiones de Europa Consiglio dei comuni e delle regioni d'Europa Raad der Europese gemeenten en regios Conselho dos municipios e regioes da Europa COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS Women's Political Participation in CEMR Members SECRÉTARIAT GÉNÉRAL BUREAU DE PARIS : 15 RUE DE RICHELIEU 75001 PARIS (F) TEL. +33 1 44 50 59 59 FAX +33 1 44 50 59 60 BUREAU DE BRUXELLES : 22 RUE D’ARLON 1050 BRUXELLES (B) TEL. +32 2 511 74 77 FAX +32 2 511 09 49 E-MAIL : cemr@ccre.org WEB : http://www.ccre.org N.B – PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR SOME COUNTRIES THE DATA PROVIDED HAS NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED. IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE OR COMMENT ON THE INFORMATIOON PLEASE CONTACT CEMR – SANDRA CECIARINI (SANDRA.CECIARINI@CCRE.ORG) OR GUILHERME JOHNSTON (STAGIAIRE@CCRE.ORG) Austria Men's Suffrage : 1907 Women's Suffrage : 1918 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils* Non Available ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors** Last Update : 2000 45 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2002 62/183 33.9% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper House or Senate*** Last Elections: 12/62 21% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 7/18 38.8% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex NO ________________________________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas SPO : 40%, Greens : 50%, OVP(Austrian People's Party): 33%. by sex ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: * Local elections take place at different dates according to the region. ** The way mayors are selected varies according to the region. *** The representatives of the Upper House are designated by the Regional Parliaments. Contact Person: Simona Wohleser stb-bxl@skynet.be Belgium Men's Suffrage : 1919 Women's Suffrage : 1948* ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Last Elections: 2000 2748 29% Municipal Councils Next Elections: 2006 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 45 7.6% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2003 53/150 35.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper House or Senate Last Elections:2003 22/71 19,9% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 7/24 29,1% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing Yes. A 1994 law imposed political parties to present lists quotas by sex composed at the most of 2/3 of candidates from the same sex. A 2002 law imposed parity for the lists. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas PS (Wallon): 20%, SP (Flemish): 25%, Greens: The first and by sex second positions from a list must be occupied by a men and women. ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: * Without restrictions Contact: Union of Belgian Cities and Municipalities vbsg@kpn.pop.be Bulgaria Men's Suffrage : 1878 Women's Suffrage: 1945 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Date of Last Elections:2003 1060 20% Municipal Councils Date of Next Elections:2007 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women 24 9% Mayors ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 06/2001 63/240 26.2% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas by sex No ________________________________________________________________________ Last update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments : Contact Person: Monika Romenska m.romenska@namrb.org Cyprus Men's Suffrage : 1960 Women's Suffrage : 1960 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Last Elections: 2001 74 18.6% Municipal Councils Next Elections: 2006 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 1 3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2001 6/56 10.7% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate _______________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 0/6 0% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas KISOS (Social Democrats Movement): 25% by sex ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Athos Germanos endeky@cytanet.com.cy Czech Republic Men's Suffrage :1907 Women's Suffrage: 1920 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Last Elections: 2002 14159 22.7% Municipal Councils Next Elections: 2006 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 15.6% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2002 34/200 17% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper Last Elections: 2002 10/81 22.3% House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 6/24 25% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. CSSD (Social Democrats): 25%. ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Gabriela Novakova gabriela.novakova@smocr.cz Denmark Men's Suffrage : 1849 Women's Suffrage : 1915 _______________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Last Elections: 2001 1246 27% Municipal Councils Next Elections: 2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 25 9.2% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2001 68/179 37.9% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 5/14 35.7% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas SF (Socialist Popular Party): had a quota since 1977, SD(Social by sex Democrats): had a quota since 1983. Both abandoned them during the 1990’s. ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Helle Sehested, hse@kl.dk Estonia Men's Suffrage : 1920 Women's Suffrage : 1920 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2002 Next Elections: 2005 923 28.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 22 9.5% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2003 19/101 18.8% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 2/6 33.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas No by sex ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Toivo Riimaa toivo.riimaa@ell.ee Finland Men's Suffrage : 1906 Women's Suffrage : 1906 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2000 Next Elections: 2004 4220 34.4% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 45 10% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 1999 75/200 37.5% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 5/14 35.7% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex Yes. A 1995 law imposes a 40% quota for each sex at every political instance of decision or consultation. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas No by sex ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Sinikka Mikola sinikka.mikola@kuntaliitto.fi France Men's Suffrage : 1848 Women's Suffrage : 1944 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2001 Next Elections: 2007 156393 33% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 3995 10.9% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2002 73/577 12.6% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper Last Elections 2004 56/331 17% House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 34/78 43.5% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex Yes. The law from June 6th , 2000, imposes the parity of candidatures with a strict alternation of men and women for every election made by the proportional system with lists. It concerns every municipality with more than 3500 inhabitants. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. PS: 50%, Greens: 50% by sex ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Sabine Martorell sabine.martorell@afccre.asso.fr Germany Men's Suffrage : 1918 Women's Suffrage : 1918 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils* 12227 23,8% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors** 76 5,1% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2002 194/603 32,2% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper House or Senate*** Last Elections: 2002 17/69 24,6% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 31/99 31,3% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex NO ________________________________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas SPD : 40%. PSD : 50%. Greens : 50%. CDU : 33%. by sex ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: * Local elections take place at different dates according to the Lander. ** The way mayors are selected varies according to the Lander. *** The representatives of the Upper House are designated by the Lander’s Parliaments.. Contact Person: Sabine Holland Letz sabine.holland-letz@staedtetag.de Greece Men's Suffrage : 1952 Women's Suffrage : 1952 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2002 Next Elections: 2007 12% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 10% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2004 42/300 14% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 7/24 29.1% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex Yes. A 2000 Law exclusively for candidates for local elections. Lists must have at least 30% of women. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. PASOK (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement) : 20% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Valia Athanasopolou athanasopoulou@kedke.gr Hungary Men's Suffrage : 1848 Women's Suffrage : 1918 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2002 Next Elections: 2006 4340 17% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 467 14% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2003 38/386 9.8% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 8/24 33.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas MSZP (Hungarian Socialist Party): 20% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Veronika Krausz krausz@tooz.hu Iceland Men's Suffrage : 1915 Women's Suffrage: 1920 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Last Elections: 2002 205 31% Municipal Councils Next Elections: 2006 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women 20 19.8% Mayors ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 05/2003 19/63 30.2% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing No quotas by sex ________________________________________________________________________ Yes, PA (People’s Alliance) 40%, SDP(Social Democratic) Political Parties 40%. imposing quotas Kvinninalistin – Was an all women party that existed from by sex 1983 to 1999 and received an average of 10% of the votes ________________________________________________________________________ Last update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Anna G. Björnsdóttir samband@samband.is Ireland Men's Suffrage : 1918 Women's Suffrage : 1928* ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2004 Next Elections: 2008 270 16.6% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Non available Mayors ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2002 22/166 13.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper Last elections: 2002 10/60 16.7% House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 5/13 38.4% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. WP (Workers Party) : 40%, Greens: 40%, Fin Gael: 40% Labor Party: 20% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments:*Without restrictions Contact Person: Liam Kenny director@gccc.ie Italy Men's Suffrage : 1912 Women's Suffrage : 1946 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils* 20239 16% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 579 7% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last Elections : 2001 71/618 11.5% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper Last Elections 2001 26/321 8.8% House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 8/24 33.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No. A 1993 law imposing quotas was considered illegal by the Constitutional Court in 1994. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. Greens: 40%, PRC: 40%, PPI: 20%, DS: 40%, SDI: 33% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: *Local elections take place at different dates. Contact Person: Maria Teresa Coppo Gavazzi consulta.femminile@aiccre.it Latvia Men's Suffrage : 1878 Women's Suffrage : 1918 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2001 Next Elections: 2005 1784 41.15% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 189 33% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2002 21/100 21% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 2/9 22.2% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas No ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Elita Kresse elita@lps.lv Lithuania Men's Suffrage : 1918 Women's Suffrage : 1918 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2002 Next Elections: 2006 275 17.6% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 2 3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2000 15/141 10.6% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 5/13 38.5% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. SPD (Social Democrats): 33% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact: Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania Lsa3@vilnius.lt Luxembourg Men's Suffrage : 1919 Women's Suffrage : 1919 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 1999 Next Elections: 2005 171 15% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 13 12% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2000 12/60 20% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 3/6 50% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. Greens: 50% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Mireille Colbach mireille.colbach@syvicol.lu Macedonia Men's Suffrage : Women's Suffrage: ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Last Elections: 2000 160 8.4% Municipal Councils Next Elections: 2004 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women 3 2% Mayors ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 09/2002 22/120 18.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing Yes, a minimum of 30% of each sex should be represented quotas by sex on party candidate lists. ________________________________________________________________________ Political Parties Yes, SDUM (Social Democratic Union of Macedonia) has a imposing quotas 30% quota for each gender. ________________________________________________________________________ Last update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments : Contact: Association of Units of Local Self-Governments of Macedonia (ZELS) zels@soros.org.mk Malta Men's Suffrage : 1921 Women's Suffrage : 1947 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: Next Elections: 74 17% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 6 8.8% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2004 6/65 9.2% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 0/5 0% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas No ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact: Maltese Association of Local Councils lca@lca.org.mt Netherlands Men's Suffrage : 1919 Women's Suffrage : 1919 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2002 Next Elections: 2006 2298 23.5% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors* 96 19.4% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2003 55/150 36% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper Last Elections: 2003 24/75 32% House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 12/27 44% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. PVDA (Labor Party): 50%. Greens: Quota percentage not available. ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: * Mayors are not elected but are nominated by the Queen with the opinion of the City Council. Contact Person: Elisabeth Roussel elisabeth.roussel@vng.nl Norway Men's Suffrage : 1898 Women'sSuffrage:1913 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Last Elections: 2003 3954 35.5% Municipal Councils Next Elections: 2007 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women 73 16.8% Mayors ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 09/2001 60/165 36.4% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing No quotas by sex ________________________________________________________________________ Political Parties Yes, SV(Social Left Party), DNA (Norwegian imposing quotas Labor Party) , SP (Center Party), KRF (Christian People’s Party), have a 40% quota for either sex. _______________________________________________________________________ Last update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments : Contact Person: Thomas Scheen Thomas.scheen@ks.no Poland Men's Suffrage : 1918 Women's Suffrage : 1918 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2002 Next Elections: 2006 6848 13% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 132 5% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2001 93/460 20.2% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper Last Elections: 2001 23/100 23% House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 7/54 13% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. SLD (Left Democratic Alliance): 30%, UP (Worker’s Union): 30%, UW (Union for Freedom): 30% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: . Contact Person: Katarzyna Halas kasiah@zmp.poznan.pl Portugal Men's Suffrage : Women's Suffrage: 1976* ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils** Last Elections: 2001 Next Elections: 2005 950 13% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 17 6.1% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2002 44/230 19.1% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 6/24 25% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No. The Parliament rejected in 1999 two law proposals imposing quotas for candidates. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. PS (Socialist Part): 25%. ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: * Without restrictions. ** Data are from before 2001 elections. . Contact Person: Landre Pinto lpinto@anmp.pt Serbia and Montenegro Men's Suffrage : Women's Suffrage:1946 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Last Elections 09/04 389 4.06% Municipal Councils* Next Elections 2008 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women 6 3.65% Mayors* ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House** Last elections: 09/03 10/126 7.9% National Assembly of Serbia Last elections: 12/03 27/250 10.8% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing * quotas Law on Election of Deputies (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 35/00, 18/04) – A.40a (introduced by 2004 amendments of the Law) - min 30% _________________________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas No _______________________________________________________________________ Last update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments : *Data for Serbia only ** Assembly of the Serbia and Montenegro State Union – by indirect elections among deputies from National Assembly of Serbia, National Assembly of Montenegro and the former Federal Assembly Contact: Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities of Serbia secretariat@skgoj.org Slovakia Men's Suffrage :1907 Women's Suffrage: 1920 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2002 Next Elections: 2006 14159 22.7% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors* 975 15.6% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2002 29/150 19.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 5/14 35.7.% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas SDL ( Left Democrats): 20% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: * Data from before 2002. . Contact Person: Boris Tonhauser centr@zmos.sk Slovenia Men's Suffrage :1896 Women's Suffrage: 1946 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2002 Next Elections: 2006 418 13% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors* 11 5.7% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2000 11/90 12.2% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 3/7 42.8.% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas ZLSD ( Social Democrats): 33% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: . Contact Person: Jasmina Vidmar jasmina@skupnostobcin.si Spain Men's Suffrage : 1931 Women's Suffrage : 1931 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Last Elections: 2003 Next Elections: 2007 15453 25.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 1007 12.4% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2004 126/350 36% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper Last Elections: 2004 60/259 22.2% House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 18/54 33.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas PSOE (Workers Socialist Party): 40% by sex ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Contact Person: Antonina Mielgo amielgo@femp.es Sweden Men's Suffrage :1919 Women's Suffrage: 1919 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils* Last Elections: 2002 Next Elections: 2006 21507 41.6% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors 60 20% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2002 158/349 45.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 11/19 57.9% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas Yes. SAP (Social Democrats) 50% V(Left) 50% Greens: 50% ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: Other parties such as FP and CP alternate women and men on their lists. Contact Person: Anna Ulveson Anna.ulveson@lf.se Switzerland Men's Suffrage : Diferent Dates Women's Suffrage:1971 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils Non available ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women 320 11.25% Mayors* ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 10/2003 50/200 25% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper Last Elections: 10/2003 11/46 23.9% House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing No Quotas ________________________________________________________________________ Political Parties Yes, SPS/PSS (Social Democratic Party of Switzerland) has imposing quotas a 40% quota for woman on party lists. _______________________________________________________________________ Last update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments : *Data from 2003. Contact Person: Jean Meylan asccre@lausanne.ch Ukraine Men's Suffrage : Women's Suffrage:1971 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Last Elections: 2002 Non Available Municipal Councils Next Elections: 2006 ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Non Available Mayors ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 03/2002 24/450 5.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Upper House House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing No Quotas ________________________________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas No _______________________________________________________________________ Last update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments : Contact: Association of Ukrainian Cities auc@rgl.net.ua United Kingdom Men's Suffrage :1918 Women's Suffrage: 1928* ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Municipal Councils** 6254 27% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women Mayors*** Not Available ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at Lower or Single House Last elections : 2001 118/659 17.9% ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women at the Upper No Elections 113/677 16.7% House or Senate ________________________________________________________________________ Number of women At the European Parliament Last Elections : 2004 19/78 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________ Laws imposing quotas by sex No. ________________________ ________________________________________________ Political Parties imposing quotas A internal quota adopted by the Labor Party was canceled by a Court. ________________________________________________________________________ Last Update : 01/2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Other Comments: * Without restrictions ** Elections are held at different dates. *** Municipal Councils are elected differently in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. . Contact Person: Helen Jackson Helen@lgib.gov.uk Source : UIP /Observatory for Equality /European Parliament /CEMR Study : Women in Local Politics in Europe/Quota Project from IDEA (www.quotaproject.org) Contact CEMR : Sandra Ceciarini and Guilherme Johnston ++ 33 1 44 50 59 59
