37. Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties?

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

There are no special legal measures that promote participation of women in elections. Overall, 47 out of 234 candidates on party lists (20 per cent) were women. Women also comprised 34 and 46 per cent of Regional and Territorial Election Commission members, respectively, and more than 70 per cent of Precinct Election Commission members.

VII. CANDIDATE REGISTRATION

The Election Law does not contain a gender quota or other temporary special measures to enhance participation of women in the elections. There were 28 (26.1 per cent) women deputies in the outgoing Majilis and 3 (6.4 per cent) women in the Senate. Twenty seven women (25.2 per cent) were elected deputies in the new Majilis.

(OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report, Republic of Kazakhstan, Early Parliamentary Elections 20 March 2016, available at http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/kazakhstan/248781?download=true accessed January 2018).