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Encyclopaedia   Gender and Elections   SUPPORTING LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS FOR MEANINGFUL GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS   The impact of legal frameworks on gender equality and women’s participation in the electoral process   Domestic legal frameworks and provisions on gender equality and women’s participation in the electoral process  
Political and campaign finance legislation

“Campaign finance laws can assist or disadvantage women, depending on their provisions.”[1] Limiting campaign budgets by law can contribute to reducing inequalities among contestants and enhancing women’s access to the political process. Also, political and campaign finance legislation can establish TSM as an incentive to ensure increased public funding to political parties that present more women in their candidate lists, or as a sanction for parties with a low representation of women among their candidates.

 



[1] United Nations (2005): op. cit., p. 23.