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  2. Gender quota - Wikipedia

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    A gender quota is a quota used by countries and parties to increase women's representation or substantive equality based on gender in legislatures. [1] Women are largely underrepresented in parliaments and account for a 26.9% average in parliaments globally. [2] As of November 2021, gender quotas have been adopted in 132 countries. [3]

  3. Quotaism - Wikipedia

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    Quotaism [1] [2] [3] is the concept of organizing society by a quota system, whether by racial, gender, language or another demographic attribute. Examples of quotas include gender quotas, racial quota, and reservations. The basic premise is to have demographics represented at all levels and aspects of the civilization according to national ...

  4. Zipper system - Wikipedia

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    The zipper system, also known as "vertical parity" or the "zebra system", [1] [2] is an electoral mechanism intended to enforce gender parity in countries using party-list proportional representation with closed lists.

  5. One Hundred and Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India

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    As the absence of quota for OBC and minorities would make it more difficult for the marginalised women to raise their voices in the Parliament. [30] [31] [32] The only 2 votes against the bill came from All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MPs Asaduddin Owaisi and Imtiaz Jaleel, who demanded the inclusion of OBC reservation in the bill. [33]

  6. Gender representation on corporate boards of directors

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    A study on 10 countries with gender quotas and 15 countries with comply and explain systems found that countries that adopt gender quotas tend to have several pre-conditions: female labor market and gendered welfare state provisions, left-leaning political government coalitions, and path dependent policy initiatives for gender equality, both in ...

  7. List of literary works relating to Tamil sexual minorities

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    Thiagalingam's Tribu is a new addition to Tamil literature. Brave fiction. This novel is the main novel in Tamil about the gender identity and its change It presents a compelling inquiry into the quality and merits of the age-old values that Tamils have built and preserved. Not for intellectual entertainment Out of humanitarian concern. [6]

  8. LGBTQ rights in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Tamil Nadu are the most progressive among all states of India. [2] [3] Tamil Nadu was the first state in India to introduce a transgender welfare policy, wherein transgender individuals can access free gender affirmation surgery in government hospitals and various other benefits and rights.

  9. Quota - Wikipedia

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    Ticket quota, directives by police departments for their officers to deliver a predetermined number of summons; Disk quota, a limit that restricts disk file system usage in computing; Quota International, a service organization