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Breaking Barriers: Gender, Money, and Politics in Law

Explore the impact of political financing on women in politics and the measures taken to promote gender equality. Discover the challenges and potential solutions to empower women in the political arena.

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Breaking Barriers: Gender, Money, and Politics in Law

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  1. Women, Money, and Politics in the law May 2017

  2. Observing gender and political financing

  3. Political-Electoral Finance from a gender perspective OAS Electoral Observation Missions have concluded that: • Financing is one of the barriers for women to enter the political arena • A comprehensive study to understand this situation remains a challenge

  4. https://www.oas.org/eomdatabase

  5. Political-Electoral Finance from a Gender Perspective The OAS publication “Politics, Money and Power” explores some aspects of political financing systems that might level the field for women:

  6. OAS/IACW - 2nd generation legislative affirmative actions • Actions to empower women and promote participation Brazil | Costa Rica |Colombia |Honduras | Mexico Panama • Incentives to get women registered and elected Colombia | Chile | Haiti • Sanctions for not complying with the law Honduras • Direct and indirect financing Brazil

  7. Brazil (2009-2015)

  8. Mexico (2008-2014)

  9. Panama (2006-2012)

  10. Honduras (2012 - 2017)

  11. Colombia (2011)

  12. Haiti (2015)

  13. Costa Rica (2009)

  14. Chile (2015)

  15. Conclusions • Latin America has made some progress regarding electoral financing for gender equality, but implementation remains a challenge. • Need of more studies and analysis to better understand the relationship between women, money and politics. • There is a lack of knowledge about the type of training that leads to the empowerment of women. • Institutional strength constitutes an important factor for the implementation of these measures. • EOMs should further include recommendations targeting these second generation affirmative actions (i.e. political financing and violence)

  16. Brenda Santamaría, Section Chief, Electoral Observation • Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation • 1889 F St NW 20006 Washington DC, UnitedStates • bsantamaria@oas.org

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