Cabo Verde
National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Austelino Tavares
Correia
(Male)
Year of birth
1968
Additional information
Elected on 19 May 2021.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Paula
Lima Martins
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 July 2021.
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
Fidel Carlos Cardoso de Pina (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
68
Oldest member
Maria de Fátima Tavares Silva Moreira Wright (Female)
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
18-20
0
21-30
0
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
71-80
0
81-90
0
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 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 30 | Total >= 46: 42 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Electoral list must include at least 40% women or men (Parity Law, approved November 2019).
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1975
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1975
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 Portuguese administration, women voted for the first time on 15 April 1975. independence.Universal suffrage was extended to the local level in July1989.
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1989
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
Local
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
1975
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1989
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
Local
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1975
Specialized body - Women's caucus
National Assembly Network of Cape Verdean Women Parliamentarians (RMPCV)
(January 2001)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
Yes
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
Created in the electoral mandate of 2001/2006
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Link to rules
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
-Since its creation, the Network of Women Parliamentarians of Cabo Verde has proved to be an instrument to strengthen full democracy, seeking to ensure more equal representation of both sexes in all public decision-making bodies. Proof of this are the legislative initiatives, parliamentary debates and advocacy exercised by the RMP-CV (both in the parliamentary context and with civil society).
-The goal of the RMP-CV is to continue to bring the voices of Cape Verdean women to the highest level of the governance process, in order to ensure equal access to political power, decision-making centers, and gender mainstreaming in legislation, planning and implementation of public policies.
- Since the Special Law on Gender Based Violence came into force in March 2011, the Network of Women Parliamentarians is overseeing compliance, including field visits in all municipalities in the country, noting on one hand, the changes that the law has caused in people’s behaviour and attitudes, but noting also important constraints in implementing the same.
- The Network also carried out a gender sensitive analysis of the state budget for 2015.
-The goal of the RMP-CV is to continue to bring the voices of Cape Verdean women to the highest level of the governance process, in order to ensure equal access to political power, decision-making centers, and gender mainstreaming in legislation, planning and implementation of public policies.
- Since the Special Law on Gender Based Violence came into force in March 2011, the Network of Women Parliamentarians is overseeing compliance, including field visits in all municipalities in the country, noting on one hand, the changes that the law has caused in people’s behaviour and attitudes, but noting also important constraints in implementing the same.
- The Network also carried out a gender sensitive analysis of the state budget for 2015.
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
Yes
Contact information for the Committee
Phone
+238-2608000
Fax number
+238-2622660
E-mail
Web site