36. Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties tied to gender equality among candidates?

However, some of their major concerns are as follows: [...]

· The lack of equal opportunity for women to contest elections on behalf of the major political parties. [...]

Source: CARICOM (2015), Report of the CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to the General Elections of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 9 December 2015, CARICOM

While a modicum of state financing exists in the form of a subvention to parliamentary parties and duty free access to election paraphernalia and vehicles, third (smaller) parties are excluded as these benefits are made available only to political parties with representation in the outgoing parliament.
Source: OAS (2015), Electoral Observation Mission Final Report, General Elections in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, December 9, 2015, OAS

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