36. Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties tied to gender equality among candidates?
Panama
Código Electoral de la República de Panamá
Artículo 218:
A cada partido político se le entregará un aporte fijo igualitario y un aporte con base en los votos, según se explica a continuación:
(...) De este fondo de capacitación se destinará un mínimo de 20 % para el desarrollo de actividades exclusivas para la capacitación de mujeres (...)
Article 218:
Each political party will receive an equal fixed contribution and a contribution based on votes, as explained below:
(...) From this training fund, a minimum of 20% will be allocated for the development of activities exclusively for the training of women (...)
Unofficial English translation.
at least 20% of the public funding allocated to civic-political education, must be for the development of exclusive activities for the training of women.