In Kazakhstan will legislatively fix a quota of women in party lists

The senate Kazakhstan adopted amendments to the constitutional law "About Elections" and to Federal law of the Russian Federation of 11 July 2001 No. 95-FZ "On Political Parties" who, in particular, establish an obligatory quota for participation of women and youth in elections by party lists, give magazine "Forbes" to .kz. Amendments were developed at the request of the president. They enter in electoral party lists a quota not less than 30% for women and youth, and also reduce a threshold of the number necessary for registration of political party, from operating 40 thousand to 20 thousand people. "As a whole these legislative initiatives will render positive effect on participation of women and...