Ecuador
National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
César Ernesto
Litardo Caicedo
(Male)
Year of birth
1979
Additional information
Elected on 14 May 2019.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
83
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
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 | 8 | 39 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 64 | Total >= 46: 73 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 85 |
Female | 0 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
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 > 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)
(January 2009)
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
The objectives are to promote, contribute, socialize, deepen, and incorporate human rights from a gender perspective in order to guarantee compliance with the rights and principles of formal and material equality and non-discrimination of women, as enshrined in the Constitution and international human rights instruments, which are directly applicable in Ecuador.
The GPDM has worked to mainstream the gender perspective into the laws promoted by the National Assembly, and specific laws have been created to address the historical demands of women in order to guarantee their rights in conditions of equality and non-discrimination.
The GPDM has worked to mainstream the gender perspective into the laws promoted by the National Assembly, and specific laws have been created to address the historical demands of women in order to guarantee their rights in conditions of equality and non-discrimination.
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes