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ARTICLE 2
 

Principles of gender quality in political participation


The political participation of men and women is a human right acknowledged in a democratic, representative, participatory and inclusive society under the principles of equality and non-discrimination.


Participation shall be governed by the principle of parity which implies that all delegations, electoral lists and other entities with an even number of members must be composed of 50% of members from each gender, and in delegations, electoral lists or entities with an odd number of members the difference between the total number of men and women shall not exceed one.


All electoral lists shall use the gender alternation mechanism (femalemale or male-female), in such a way that two people of the same sex cannot be consecutively on the electoral list.