Exactly 33.5 percent of the 1081 candidates for deputies, who were presented from 28 competitive lists for the February 14 elections, are women, the Central Election Commission announced. With the 362 women who will compete in these elections, political parties have met the minimum gender electoral quota of 30 percent, which according to the Election Law is mandatory for each subject to be certified.
Of the major parliamentary parties, the Vetëvendosje Movement has the largest number of women on the list of candidates. With 41 contestants, she leads in this "race". Besides her, only the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo exceeded the quota of 33 candidates, by one. The Democratic League of Kosovo, the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Social Democratic Initiative will compete with 33 each, according to the quota.
In terms of percentage, Ujedinjenja Zajednica - Adriana Hoxhiq is the best. With six women among the 14 candidates, the percentage of candidates on this list is 42.9 percent.
On Monday during the day, the Kosovar Center for Gender Studies stated that it finds the low trend of women's representation in party lists disturbing.
"Not providing equal opportunities for running for women as for men is an indication that the political parties still do not have the political will to advance gender equality. This low percentage of women on electoral lists, which will also reflect in the composition of the legislature, apart from maintaining the exclusionary mentality and practices towards women in politics, has a negative impact on the policy-making process as it does not guarantee all the inclusion of the interests of all identity and economic groups, between and within gender", says the reaction.
