Gender Quotas Database
Georgia
Western Asia
Single / Lower House
Sakartvelos Parlamenti / Parliament
| Total seats | 140 |
| Total women | 27 |
| Percentage of women | 19% |
| Gender Quota target | |
| Election year | 2020 |
| Electoral system | List PR |
| Quota type | |
| Election details | IDEA Voter Turnout - IPU Parline |
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 new gender quota law– adopted following a failed attempt in 2018 – also was pushed by European countries; the EU-Georgia Association Agenda called for the country to “take active steps towards increasing women’s representation in political life and the decision-making process.". Georgia previously attempted to enlist more women by boosting state funding for parties that included women in their electoral slates, but that resulted in only 25 women being elected to the 150-seat parliament in the last elections, in 2016. In 2024, when Georgia transitions to a fully proportional system, that will mean that at least 37 seats in parliament will be set aside for women. Further changes will go into effect in 2028, when the one-in-every-four formula will be replaced by one-in-every-three, so that 50 seats will go to women (Eurasianet, 2020). The Gender Quota was abolished in 2024.
Sources
Additional reading
- Darbaidze, E., & Niparishvili, T. (2022). Great Expectations: Gender and Political Representation in Georgia. Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 11(4), 37–45.
- Eurasianet, 2020, Georgia takes on male-dominated parliament with gender quotas, Eurasianet
- Letodiani, T. (2021). Gender equality policy in Georgia and challenges. Przegląd Politologiczny, (3), 105-118.
- Asian Development Bank: "Georgia. Country Gender Assessment" December 2018.
- IKNOWPOLITICS, 2020, Georgia takes on male-dominated parliament with gender quotas, IKNOWPOLITICS
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