Existence of laws and policies that ensure parity and women’s access to power. | Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

E.5

Existence of laws and policies that ensure parity and women’s access to power.

Definition:

Existence in the country of policies that explicitly ensure parity and women’s access to power.

Notes:

This indicator is based on indicator 51.3 of the Operational Guide.

The data can be strengthened through the national mechanisms for the advancement of women.

The content of this indicator is aligned with SDG target 5.c (“Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels”) and Based on indicator 51.3 of the Operational guide (“Number of standards that ensure gender parity and women’s access to power”). It also has its correlates in Chapter E of the Santo Domingo Consensus – http://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/40450/1/Consenso_Santo_Domingo_es.pdf; the Brasilia Consensushttp://www.cepal.org/mujer/noticias/paginas/5/40235/ConsensoBrasilia_ESP.pdf; the Quito Consensus http://www.cepal.org/publicaciones/xml/9/29489/dsc1e.pdf, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw25years/content/spanish/Convention-CEDAW-English.pdf among other international and regional instruments.

The concept of gender parity can be consulted at:

https://trainingcentre.unwomen.org/mod/glossary/view.php?id=150&mode=letter&hook=P&sortkey=&sortorder=asc.

Type

Qualitative

Priority Measures

E.48 - Equal participation of women in high-level decision-making

Fulfil the commitment to increase and enhance opportunities for the equal participation of women in adopting and implementing policies in all spheres of public authority and in high-level decision-making.

E.51 - Gender parity and mechanisms that guarantee access to power. of women, in electoral processes

Promote parity and other mechanisms to ensure access to power in electoral systems as a precondition for democracy and a target for eradicating the structural exclusion of women in society, which affects mainly those in vulnerable situations, by training women leaders.

E.52 - Prevent, punish and eradicate political and administrative harassment against women

Adopt legislative measures and institutional reforms to prevent, punish and eradicate political and administrative harassment of women who reach decision-making positions through electoral means or by appointment at national and local levels, as well as in political parties and movements.

Topic

E. Gender equality