Gender Quotas Database
Uzbekistan
Central Asia
Single / Lower House
Qonunchilik palatasi / Legislative Chamber
| Total seats | 136 |
| Total women | 47 |
| Percentage of women | 35% |
| Gender Quota target | 40% |
| Election year | 2019 |
| Electoral system | TRS |
| Quota type | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Election details | IDEA Voter Turnout - IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas | Electoral law |
… The number of women must be at least 40 percent of the number of candidates for deputy from a political party in single-mandate constituencies, as well as on the basis of the party list. In this case, at least two out of every five candidates on the party list must be women. … (Election Code, Article 70) |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance | Electoral law |
The Central Election Commission shall notify the leaders of the relevant political parties of any discrepancies identified in the documents submitted for registration and of any deviations from the requirements of this Code. A political party has the right to correct the identified discrepancies and errors in the documents within two days and submit them to the Central Election Commission. (Election Code, Article 72) |
| Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties related to gender equality among candidates? | No | See more in International IDEA's Political Finance database |
| Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties? | No | See more in International IDEA's Political Finance database |
Upper House
Senat
| Total seats | 90 |
| Total women | 22 |
| Percentage of women | 24% |
| Gender Quota target | |
| Election year | 2020 |
| Electoral system | |
| Quota type | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Election details | IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| No data available | ||
Quota at the Sub-National Level
| Quota type | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Gender Quota target | 40% |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas | Electoral law |
… The number of women must be at least 40% of the total number of candidates for local councils nominated by a political party. … (Election Code, Article 91) |
Voluntary Political Party Quotas*
| Party | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
|---|---|---|
| No data available. | ||
* Only political parties represented in parliament are included. When a country has legislated quotas in place, only political parties that have voluntary quotas that exceed the percentage/number of the national quota legislation are presented in this table.
Additional information
The Legislative Chamber consists of 150 members, of whom 135 are elected by a popular vote in constituencies through a two-round system and 15 are indirectly elected. The 30 per cent minimum gender quota for the Supreme Assembly and the Regional, District and City Councils was first introduced in 2004.
"No laws restrict women’s political participation. Uzbekistan prohibits violence against women and forbids discrimination in the workplace. Consequently, women hold high offices throughout the country, and since 2004, when the 30% quota for women in political parties’ lists of candidates was introduced, the proportion of women in Parliament has increased, from 9.4% in 2014 to 16% in 2017" (Asian Development Bank).
"The Republic of Uzbekistan reaffirms the importance of the Beijing Platform for Action as a basis for further reforms, policy development and project implementation, especially in the context of setting the goals for achieving gender equality in the framework of the “Development Strategy of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021" (UNECE).
Sources
LEGAL SOURCES:
- Constitution of the republic of Uzbekistan (amendment up to 2023) - Link
- Electoral Law (amendment through 2023) - Link
- Law of the republic of Uzbekistan about political parties (amendment through 2021) - Link
- Law on Election to Provincial, District, City (town) Kenghashes of People's Deputies (1994) - Link
- Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan - Link
- O'zbekiston Respublikasi Oliy Majlisi Senati (Senates) - Link
- Central election commission of the republic of Uzbekistan - Link
- Law of the republic of Uzbekistan on guarantees of equal rights and opportunities for women and men (amended through 2022)- Link
OTHER SOURCES:
- Strategy for achieving gender equality in the Republic of Uzbekistan until 2030 - Link
- Committee on Women and Gender Equality (Senate) - Link
- Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU Parline Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan country gender assessment update - Asian Development Bank (2018)- Link
- UNECE (2019). "Report of the implementation of the Beijing decleration and platform for action Uzbekistan". (Accessed March 2021).
- The president of the republic of Uzbekistan decree on measures to further accelerate work on systematic support for families and women - Link
- Resolution of the cabinet of ministers of the republic of Uzbekistan on approval of the regulation on the procedure for gender-based legal review of normative-legal acts and their drafts (2020) - Link
- The role of women in the parliament in the development of Uzbekistan (news - 2020) - Link
- News on Gender Equality (Ministry of internal affairs of the republic of Uzbekistan) - Link
Additional reading
- See the latest updates on Uzbekistan on iKNOW Politics
- Asian Development Bank (December 2018). "Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment Update". Published in 2018. Found at: Link (Accessed March 2021).
- UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, 2015, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women considers the report of Uzbekistan, OHCHR
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