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Ukraine (Ukraine) has a Unicameral parliament with legislated quotas for the single/lower house and at the sub-national level. 86 of 423 (20%) seats in the Verkhovna Rada / Parliament are held by women.
At a glance
Structure of Parliament: Unicameral
Are there legislated quotas...
- For the Single/Lower House? Yes
- For the Sub-National Level? Yes
Are there voluntary quotas...
- Adopted by political parties? No
Is there additional information?...
- Yes
Last updated: Feb 21, 2023
Single/Lower House
Verkhovna Rada / Parliament
| Total seats | 423 |
| Total Women | 86 |
| % Women | 20% |
| Election Year | 2019 |
| Electoral System | Parallel |
| Quota Type | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Election details | IDEA Voter Turnout - IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas | Electoral law | Article 154. Procedure for Nominating MP Candidates 12. When compiling a nationwide and regional electoral list, a party shall ensure that both men and women (no less than two candidates of each gender) shall be present in each five candidates (places from the first to the fifth, from the sixth to the tenth and so on) in the electoral lists. In case the party forms national and regional electoral lists from the number of candidates for deputies, which is not a multiple of five, to the last in the list of candidates (from 1 to 4) the requirement for alternate inclusion of candidates of different sexes in the list applies. (Election Code of Ukraine) |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance | No data available | |
| Rank order/placement rules | No data available | |
| Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties related to gender equality among candidates? | Yes | Article 17-5. Procedures for allocation and distribution of funding of statutory activities of political parties between parties The funds allocated from the State Budget for funding of statutory activities of political parties shall be distributed between the eligible parties by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention as follows: 1) 10 per cent of the total annual amount of funding of the statutory activities of political parties provided for by Article 17-2 of this Law shall be equally divided between those political parties, which are eligible to such funding in accordance with this Law and, based on the results of the most recent regular or early parliamentary elections, ensured that the number of representatives of one sex among the elected Members of Parliament who assumed their offices does not exceed two-thirds of the total number of the Members of Parliament who were elected from that party;
(Law of Ukraine on Political Parties in Ukraine) See more in International IDEA's Political Finance database |
| Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties? | No | See more in International IDEA's Political Finance database |
Quota at the Sub-National Level
- Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas | Electoral law | Article 154. Procedure for Nominating MP Candidates 12. When compiling a nationwide and regional electoral list, a party shall ensure that both men and women (no less than two candidates of each gender) shall be present in each five candidates (places from the first to the fifth, from the sixth to the tenth and so on) in the electoral lists. (Election Code of Ukraine) |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance | ||
| Rank order/placement rules | No data available |
Additional Information
"The Local Election Law (of 2015) introduced a gender quota, whereby representation of either sex on the candidate list under the proportional system must be no less than 30%. However, the legal framework failed to provide any sanctions for failure to comply with the quota requirement. On September 23, 2015, the CEC announced that failure to adhere to the gender quota does not constitute grounds for rejection of the party list by the TEC in charge of candidate registration. Although the CEC resolution was challenged in court, the court upheld the CEC decision. In the end, while some political parties did ensure that women made up 30% their party list candidates, most ignored the gender quota provision. According to the Committee of Voters of Ukraine, women, on average, received 18% of seats on city councils of the regional centers and 15% of seats on oblast councils in the local elections." (IFES: 2015: 4)
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Additional reading
- Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, 2021, 'Council of Europe Head of Office in Ukraine: quotas have improved the situation of women's political representation in Ukraine', Link
- Ukrainian Women Congress, 2020, Ukrainian local elections: Do gender quotas work?, Ukrainian Women Congress
- See the latest updates on Ukraine on iKNOW Politics
- Sokolova, H. 2020, Open Democracy, How Ukraine’s gender quotas work in practice