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National Report
Para 70) … a campaign called “There is No Democracy without You” is being carried out to promote the participation of women and young people in the 2023 local elections.
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National Report
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Para 4) The Office of the Ombudsman noted that the amendments to the Democracy Code (2020) had made it compulsory for a minimum percentage of women to be included at the top of multi-person candidate lists. That minimum percentage would increase progressively from 15 per cent by 2021, to 30 per cent by 2023 and to 50 per cent by 2025. In 2021, only 38 per cent of the seats in the National Assembly had been occupied by women, a lower percentage than that recorded in 2013.
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Para 63) [CEDAW] noted the adoption of the 2020 reform of the Democracy Code, which required that 50 per cent of candidates be women by the 2025 elections.