Country
UN Women Region
Parliament structure
Electoral system type
Electoral system sub-type
First-past-the-post
Type of legislated quotas
Method of filling seats
Special list/ballot for women candidates
Quota for input only OR input and output (quota on results as corrective measure)
Date
Quota target (level) in %
22.00
Women's representation in single/lower house in %
34.10
Quota target met (+/- 2%) (Yes/ No)
Legal Source (name) - Constitution
Constitution, 1995 (amended through 2018)
Legal provisions - Constitution
Article 78(1) of the Constitution states that the parliament shall consist of 1 woman representative for every district. There are 112 districts in Uganda.
Legal Source (name) - Electoral Law
Parliamentary Elections Act, 2005 (amended through 2020)
Legal provisions - Electoral Law
Single House:
• One women representative is elected to Parliament per every district or city, on a separate ballot from the general parliamentary members. There are also ten representatives from the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (at least 2 of which must be women); five worker representatives (at least one of which must be a woman); five youth representatives (at least one of which shall be a woman); five disability representatives (at least one of which shall be a woman) and five older persons representatives (at least one of which shall be a woman) in Parliament. (Parliamentary Elections Act 2005, Article 8)
• One women representative is elected to Parliament per every district or city, on a separate ballot from the general parliamentary members. There are also ten representatives from the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (at least 2 of which must be women); five worker representatives (at least one of which must be a woman); five youth representatives (at least one of which shall be a woman); five disability representatives (at least one of which shall be a woman) and five older persons representatives (at least one of which shall be a woman) in Parliament. (Parliamentary Elections Act 2005, Article 8)
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Intersectionality
Uganda People Defense Forces: at least two out of ten representatives must be women;
Workers: at least one out of five must be a woman;
Youth: at least one out of five must be a woman;
Disability: at least one out of five must be a woman;
Older persons: at least one out of five must be a woman.
Workers: at least one out of five must be a woman;
Youth: at least one out of five must be a woman;
Disability: at least one out of five must be a woman;
Older persons: at least one out of five must be a woman.
Legislated electoral quota for Upper House (Yes/ No)
Comments
Unicameral parliamentary structure.
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Constitution
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Electoral Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Parity Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Party Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Financing Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Political Agreement
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