Peru
Congress of the Republic
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Alejandro
Soto Reyes
(Male)
Additional information
Elected on 26 July 2023.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Giovanni
Forno Flórez
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 17 Aug. 2023.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Rosangella Andrea Barbarán Reyes (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
80
Oldest member
Enrique Wong Pujada (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
31-40
46-50
51-60
61-70
91 and over
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 5 | 29 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 43 | Total >= 46: 86 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Female | 0 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Legislated candidate quotas. Candidate lists in each electoral district must include at least 30% women candidates. In the candidate list with three candidates, at least one of them must be a woman.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
78
Number of women elected
52
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
40%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
52
New legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
María
del Carmen Alva Prieto
(Female)
Political party
Popular Action (AP)
Date of election
26.07.2021
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1955
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1955
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1956
Notes
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1995
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Group of Peruvian Women Parliamentarians (MMPP)
(July 2006)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
The Constitution of the MMPP (Mesa de Mujeres Parlamentarias) is confirmed by the 39 congresswomen in the parliament (as of 2016),
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
• Institutional strengthening of the Congress of the Republic through the exchange of peer experiences at the national and global levels, through concerted work on key areas, as well as with other institutions of the Peruvian State.
• Strengthening the capacities of female parliamentarians in the Republic, breaking the barriers that hinder their presence in political life, developing training opportunities and staying up to date on ways to increase their effective participation.
• Strengthening the socially transformative work and political participation of female parliamentarians in order to prevent them from being affected by acts of discrimination, political harassment or psychological violence.
• Provide a space for inclusive dialogue that includes the Central Government and civil society, and links to those who are in risk of vulnerability, based on their gender.
• During the period 2013-2014, the MMPP contributed to the adoption of : the Law for Equal Opportunities, a law making femicide a criminal offence, a law that removed the conciliation process in domestic violence trials, and a law amending the limitation period for the claim of maintenance allowance.
• Strengthening the capacities of female parliamentarians in the Republic, breaking the barriers that hinder their presence in political life, developing training opportunities and staying up to date on ways to increase their effective participation.
• Strengthening the socially transformative work and political participation of female parliamentarians in order to prevent them from being affected by acts of discrimination, political harassment or psychological violence.
• Provide a space for inclusive dialogue that includes the Central Government and civil society, and links to those who are in risk of vulnerability, based on their gender.
• During the period 2013-2014, the MMPP contributed to the adoption of : the Law for Equal Opportunities, a law making femicide a criminal offence, a law that removed the conciliation process in domestic violence trials, and a law amending the limitation period for the claim of maintenance allowance.
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
Yes
Contact information for the Committee
Address
Congreso de la República
Plaza Bolívar, Av. Abancay s/n
LIM
Peru
Phone
+51-13117777
E-mail