SEARCH DATABASE
The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan. Experience its wealth and depth of information by starting your search now.
ABOUT 993 RESULTS
Legislature
Mauritania
- EnglishAn organic law establishes the conditions of the election of the members of the Parliament, their number, their indemnity, the conditions of eligibility, [and] the regime of the ineligibilities and of the incompatibilities.
… (Art. 48) - Arabicيضبط قانون أساسي شروط انتخاب أعضاء البرلمان وعددهم وعلاواتهم كما يحدّد النظام الأساسي عدم القابلية والتّعارض.
... (المادّة 48) - FrenchUne loi organique fixe les conditions de l'élection des membres du Parlement, leur nombre, leur indemnité, les conditions d'éligibilité, le régime des inéligibilités et des incompatibilités.
... (Art. 48)
Legislature
Equatorial Guinea
- EnglishThe Parliament exercises the Legislative Power of the State. It is composed [integrado] of two Chambers: the Chamber of the Deputies and the Senate. … (Art. 55)
- SpanishEl Parlamento ejerce el Poder Legislativo del Estado. Está integrado por dos cámaras: la Cámara de los Diputados y el Senado. … (Art. 55)
- FrenchLe Parlement exerce le pouvoir législatif de l'État. Il est composé de deux chambres, la Chambre des députés et le Sénat. … (Art. 55)
Legislature
Kenya
- English(1) The Senate consists of—
(a) forty-seven members each elected by the registered voters of the counties, each county constituting a single member constituency;
(b) sixteen women members who shall be nominated by political parties according to their proportion of members of the Senate elected under clause (a) in accordance with Article 90;
(c) two members, being one man and one woman, representing the youth;
(d) two members, being one man and one woman, representing persons with disabilities; and
(e) the Speaker, who shall be an ex officio member.
(2) The members referred to in clause (1) (c) and (d) shall be elected in accordance with Article 90.
(3) Nothing in this Article shall be construed as excluding any person from contesting an election under clause (1) (a). (Art. 98) - Swahili(1) Bunge la Seneti linaundwa na -
(a) wajumbe arobaini na saba kila mmoja aliyechaguliwa na wapiga kura waliosajiliwa wa kaunti husika, kila kaunti inaunda eneo bunge moja;
(b) wajumbe wanawake kumi na sita ambao watachaguliwa na vyama vya siasa kulingana na idadi yao ya wajumbe wa Seneti waliochaguliwa chini ya ibara ya (a) kwa mujibu wa Kifungu cha 90;
(c) wajumbe wawili, mmoja akiwa mwanaume na mwingine mwanamke wakiwakilisha vijana;
(d) wajumbe wawili, mmoja akiwa mwanaume na mwingine mwanamke wakiwakilisha watu wenye ulemavu; na
(e) Spika, ambaye atakuwa mjumbe kwa nafasi yake.
(2) Wajumbe waliotajwa katika ibara ya (1) (c) na (d) watachaguliwa kwa mujibu wa Kifungu cha 90.
(3) Hakuna chochote katika Kifungu hiki kitachukuliwa kama kumwondoa mtu yeyote kugombea kwenye uchaguzi chini ya ibara ya (1) (a). (Kifungu cha 98)