HISTORY
The idea of introducing gender quotas in legislatures has usually travelled between countries in the same region. In Latin American, for example, Argentina was the forerunner with its introduction of candidate quotas in 1991. Since then, this type of quotas has spread all over the Latin-American region. In Africa, South Africa has inspired other countries in the region to adopt voluntary party quotas, while Uganda has led concerning reserved seats. In South Asia, gender quotas at the local level have been introduced in recent years in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
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