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

Art 415 ‘(Representation of both sexes) 1. The lists proposed for the elections shall contain a balanced representation of both sexes. 2. The state's electoral subsidy will be awarded, under the law, political parties or coalitions of political parties on whose lists they are elected in the national plan, at least twenty-five per cent of female candidates.’

(Source Codigo Eleitoral 2010)