Ecuador
National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Virgilio
Saquicela
(Male)
Additional information
Elected on 31 May 2022, re-elected on 14 May 2023.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
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Women
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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
Johanna Moreira (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
78
Oldest member
Carlos Falquez (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
18-20
0
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
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 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 74 | Total >= 46: 63 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| Female | 0 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Legislated candidate quotas. For the elections through the system of proportional representation, the names of men and women candidates shall alternate. Candidate lists for elections to the National Assembly, the Andean and Latin American Parliament, the regional councils, as well as the district, municipal and rural councils, shall be formed with an equal number sequence (woman–man or man–woman) to complete the total number of principal and alternative candidates.
Elections > Election results
Results
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
0
Women Indirectly Elected
0
Women Appointed
0
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
1929
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Restricted
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Optional for women, compulsory for men; in 1967 it became compulsory for both sexes.
Literacy required for both sexes
Literacy required for both sexes
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1967
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
In 1967 it became compulsory for both sexes.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1960
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.
2013
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Parliamentary Group for the Rights of Women (GPDM)
(June 2017 - February 2021)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
Yes
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
• Promote, assist, socialize, deepen, mainstream and incorporate human rights from a gender perspective into norms to guarantee compliance with the rights and principles of formal equality and non-discrimination of women, as enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador.
• Review laws that are being processed and ensure they have a gender perspective and are non-discriminatory. .
• Ensure compliance with the Comprehensive Organic Law for the Prevention and Eradication of Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Women.
• Review laws that are being processed and ensure they have a gender perspective and are non-discriminatory. .
• Ensure compliance with the Comprehensive Organic Law for the Prevention and Eradication of Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Women.
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
Yes
Contact information for the Committee
Address
Mónica Alemán Mármol, Chair
Phone
+593-984702705