Gender Quotas Database
Slovakia
Eastern Europe
Single / Lower House
Narodna rada Slovenskej republiky / National Council
Total seats | 150 |
Total women | 34 |
Percentage of women | 23% |
Gender Quota target | |
Election year | 2023 |
Electoral system | List PR |
Quota type | No legislated |
Election details | IDEA Voter Turnout - IPU Parline |
Voluntary Political Party Quotas*
Party | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
---|---|---|
Progressive Slovakia | Progresívne Slovensko (PS) |
In April of 2022, the party’s presidency of Progressive Slovakia has decided that women will be guaranteed a 40% representation in vice-presidential positions and at the level of members of the presidency – just like men. |
* 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
Slovakia does not regulate, neither for the Lower Camera or the Sub-national level, the existence of gender quotas. Nonetheless, since 2006.
Sources
Legal Sources:
- Constitution of Slovakia - Link
- Parliamentary Election Law - Link
- Political Parties Law 85/2005 (amended through 2023)- Link
- Anti-Discrimination Act - Link
Other Sources:
- Parliament of Slovakia - Link
- Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU Parline Slovakia
- Progressive Slovakia Facebook Page with post on new gender quota (Apr, 2022)
- Europe Cities, Progressive Slovakia will have quotas on women (Apr, 2022)
Additional reading
- See the latest updates on Slovakia on iKNOW Politics
- Sirotnikova, M. (April 13, 2020). In Slovakia, politics is still a gentlemen's club Balkan Insight: Reporting Democracy. [Last Accessed: 2022-01-10]
- UN Women. (2017). Global Leaders' Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: A Commitment to Action - Slovak Commitments. Evaluation and updates.
- Bitusikova, A. (2005). (In)Visible women in political life in Slovakia. Sociologický Časopis 41(6), pp. 1005-1021. doi: 10.13060/00380288.2005.41.6.03
- Vlasta, J. & Antic, M. (2000). Prospects for Gender Equality Policies in Central and Eastern Europe. Vienna: Institute for Human Sciences.
- Wolchik, S. (1998). Gender and the Politics of Transition in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Jacquette, J. & Wolchik, S. (eds.). Women and Democracy. Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. John Hopkins University Press. pp-153-184.
- Slovakian Parliament website, http://www.nrsr.sk/
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