When Do Quotas in Politics Work? Latin America Offers Lessons.
The region shows that if done right, quotas can dramatically boost women’s numbers in Congress and beyond.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on closing the gender gap In 1991, Argentine women began to transform electoral politics in Latin America — and around the globe Thanks to feminist activism, and last-minute support from a president seeking a public relations win, the Argentine Congress passed the modern era’s first gender quota law Today, more than 70 countries have laws that require political parties to nominate certain percentages of women to their tickets Latin America remains in the vanguard, with such quotas in every country except Guatemala and...
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