Sierra Leone
Parliament
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Abass
Chernor Bundu
(Male)
Year of birth
1948
Secretary general
Secretary General
Umar Paran
Tarawally
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
128
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
Mohamed Billoh Shaw (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
83
Oldest member
Matilda Yayu Lansana Minah IV (Female)
Members for whom no data is available
IPU does not contain age and gender data for all chambers of parliament.
23
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
58
Total per sex
Total of male
110
Total of female
14
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
2
31-40
32
41-45
33
46-50
18
51-60
27
61-70
8
71-80
3
81-90
1
91 and over
0
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 | 2 | 32 | 33 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 67 | Total >= 46: 58 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
There is a policy that advocates for a 30% quota for women in awarding party symbols.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
795
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
100
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
12.58%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
100
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
12.58%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
128
Number of women elected
18
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.
14.52%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
Of the 132 directly elected MPs 16 are women and of the 14 Paramount Chiefs, MPs, 2 are women.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
16
Women Indirectly Elected
2
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
128
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
18
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.
Abass Chernoh
Bundu
(Male)
Political party
Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)
Date of election
25.04.2018
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1961
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1961
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
1961
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Sierra Leone Parliamentary Women's Caucus
The caucus is open to male MPs
Yes
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
Associate male members of parliament nominated by Caucus members.
As for the First Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic, there were 18 members of the caucus, from the following parties:
- All Peoples Congress 8
- Sierra Leone Peoples' Party 6
- Coalition for Change 1
- Independent Candidate 1
- Paramount Chiefs 2
As for the First Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic, there were 18 members of the caucus, from the following parties:
- All Peoples Congress 8
- Sierra Leone Peoples' Party 6
- Coalition for Change 1
- Independent Candidate 1
- Paramount Chiefs 2
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Link to rules
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
The mission of the Sierra Leone Female Parliamentarians’ Caucus is to create a non-partisan forum to identify, discuss, adopt and implement issues of common interest/concern and challenges to women parliamentarians as well as integrating gender, children and the vulnerable at all levels of development.
Contact information for the Committee
E-mail