Gender Quotas Database
Cyprus
Southern Europe
Single / Lower House
Vouli Antiprosopon / House of Representatives
| Total seats | 56 |
| Total women | 8 |
| Percentage of women | 14% |
| Gender Quota target | |
| Election year | 2021 |
| Electoral system | List PR |
| Quota type | |
| Election details | IDEA Voter Turnout - IPU Parline |
Voluntary Political Party Quotas*
| Party | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Dimokratikó Kómma (DIKO) |
Art. 10.2 Composition: The Central Committee consists of (...) c) Out of 120 elected members, of which at least 20% are women |
| Democratic Rally of Cyprus | Dimokratikos Synagermos (DISY) |
DISY has a 30 per cent (30%) gender quota in its candidates for the parliament, municipal and European elections, as well as for the party's internal structures. |
| Movement of Social Democrats | Kinima Sosialdimokraton (EDEK) |
EDEK has a 30% quota for women. |
* 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
56 members are elected by the Greek-Cypriot community while 24 are elected by the Turkish-Cypriot community (seats currently vacant). (IPU-Parline 2021)
"Cyprus, already among the countries where women account for fewer than one in five members in parliaments, experienced a three per cent drop in representation compared with the 2016 parliamentary elections. Only eight women gained one of the 56 seats in parliament, translating to a female representation of 14 per cent. The decrease was described as a setback for Cyprus by the Gender Equality Commissioner Ioasifina Antoniou who said this will negatively impact social issues decisions." (iKnowPolitics 2021)
Sources
Additional reading
- See the latest updates on Cyprus on iKNOW Politics
- Banuelos, M. (May 16, 2021). Organizations and Government Initiatives tackling Women's Rights in Cyprus. [Last Accessed: 2021-10-19]
- European Institute for Gender Equality [EIGE]. 2019. Gender Mainstreaming - Cyprus Profile.
- Interparliamentary Union [IPU] - Parline. Cyprus Country Profile
- Kiliaris, K. (May 29, 2021). Cyprus not closing gender gap in politics. Financial Mirror.
- Peace Research Institute Oslo [PRIO] Cyprus Centre (Demetriou, O.). 2019. Gender in the Cyprus negotiations.
- The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (Pavlou, S.). 2015. The Gender Gap in Women’s Leadership in Cyprus
- Cyprus Parliament website
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