Research, including a gender-impact assessment of electoral systems to identify measures that would counter the under-representation of women in decision-making and reverse the downward trend of women in parliaments worldwide, should be supported.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
1997
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, Women in power and decision-making (1997), para. 4.