Burkina Faso

Transitional Legislative Assembly

Data on women

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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Ousmane Bougouma (Male)
Year of birth
1981
Additional information
Elected on 11 Nov. 2022.
See historical data for this field.

Secretary general

Secretary General
Valérie Simporé Soubeiga (Female)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 24 Aug. 2022.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
59
See historical data for this field.
Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
12
See historical data for this field.
Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
16.9% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
46.04
See historical data for this field.
Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Séphorah Anita Soumai Traoré (Female)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
72
Oldest member
Boureima Traoré (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
38
Total per sex
Total of male
59
Total of female
12
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
4
31-40
22
41-45
7
46-50
10
51-60
20
61-70
7
71-80
1
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
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 4 22 7 10 20 7 1 0 0
Total <= 45: 33 Total >= 46: 38
Male 0 3 18 7 9 15 6 1 0 0 59
Female 0 1 4 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 12
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger5.63%4.23%1.41%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger36.62%29.58%7.04%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger46.48%39.44%7.04%

Reserved seats and quotas

Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
2
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
The 2020 law regarding quotas and procedures for the positioning of candidates (LOI N°003-2020/AN) aims to ensure a minimum of 30% of candidates of both sexes in the list of candidates of every political party, coalition, or independent group competing in an electoral constituency.

In legislative and municipal lists of candidates, the sex of candidates must alternate at least for the first two thirds of all candidates. Female and male candidates and alternates must alternate in their respective lists of candidates and lists of alternates. The head of a list of candidates and a list of alternates cannot be of the same sex.

Political parties, group of political parties, or group of independents that comply with these provisions benefit from a 20% increase in public funding for electoral campaigning.
Elections > Election results

Results

Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
59
Number of women elected
12
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.
16.9%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Appointed
12

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.
59
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.
12
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.
Ousmane Bougouma (Male)
Date of election
11.11.2022
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Date of independence For countries that become independent after 1940
1960
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1958
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Prior to independence, under French administration, women were granted the right to vote on 23 June 1956 , by a framework law (Loi-cadre Deferre). This right was confirmed at independence, in the 1958 constitution.
Women’s right to stand for election
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1978

Specialized body - Women's caucus

Gender Caucus of the National Assembly
(January 2005 - January 2022)
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
The caucus conducts consultations with political parties, women's organizations, civil society, and the Executive on the advantages of establishing a quota system in the context of legislative elections.

The caucus develops an annual plan of activities to promote greater involvement of women in development and good governance in Burkina Faso.
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes

Activities

Issues dealt with by the caucus
-Responsible for promoting the equitable involvement of women and men in the life of Parliament and in the political life of Burkina Faso
-Adoption of the Quota Law in 2009
-Inclusion of the principle of gender equality in the Constitution (2012)
-Adoption of the Law on Violence against Women (2015)

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