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Malta: Did gender quotas election punish women candidates?

Literature Item

Literature Item

Author Information:

  • Name: Malta Today
  • Email: None
  • Website: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/
  • Abstract:

    Just four women were elected during the 2022 general election but a deeper analysis also shows that women contesting on the Labour ticket obtained almost 20,000 first-count votes, which compares very well with the 14,000 first preferences obtained in 2017. The newspaper article launches the issue of the weak participation and position of Maltese women in the recent political elections and makes a short analysis of the phenomenon

    Keywords:

    gender quotas, political elections, women participation, women elected

    Dates:

    June 4, 2022 - None

    Source Specificity:

    None, None, None

    Website:

    https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/election-2022/116090/did_gender_quotas_election_punish_women_candidates

    Power Domains:

    Political

    Methods Tools:

    Competence development, Awareness-raising

    Country:

    MT

    City:

    None

    Implementation Scale:

    international

    Language:

    English

    Other Links:

    https://www.iknowpolitics.org/en/learn/knowledge-resources/malta-did-gender-quotas-election-punish-women-candidates
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