Once upon a time....
Election 2010
Prof. PhDr. Iveta Radičová PhD.
• Politologist, sociologist, NGO, social politics, MPSVaR, Roma situation, Oxford & Co
• 2009 for President 44 %• SDKU - personal responsibility of citizens
CONTRA State paternalism (SMER), Moskow• As no party member she occured on the
election list of SDKÚ-DS and received at most prefferal votes.
Iveta Radičová
Fall of the government in Oct. 2011, (vote for cofidence and mutual financial support of EU states, Greece)
Women in Parliament TODAY
Election 2012
• Total registered candidates 2 967, 778 women = 26,2 %.
• 200 hundred more women then in 2010 election
• Elected 24 women out of 150 = 16%
ELECTED WOMEN
YEAR WOMEN in Parliament
% WOMEN in Government
1998 19 12,7 3/22002 29 19,3 0/22006 24 16 1/22010 23 15,3 22012 24 16 1
Preferential VOTING
• 59,1 % voters • v SDKÚ-DS L. Žitňanská (66,5 %) Minister of
Justice moved in front of the party leader Dzurindu (17,5 %).• Europe – women ¼, • in Slovakia ženy – women 1/6
PREFERAL depends...
In other parties:
• SDKÚ-DS : 79 % of all voters of this party • OĽaNO (a new populistic party): 34 % • KDH: 21 %
WOMEN VOTE WOMEN• Men voted women: 29 %, • Women voted women: 42 %.
• Higher education, bigger cities, younger
• The fall of the prime minister „Radičovej efekt“:• – lost of IR• – critical opinion of women´s abilities• – less preferentila voting (2010)
Regional • Number of women rises SLOWLY• 2001 – 51 women (12,7 % of local governments) • 2005 – 59 women (14,3 %) • 2009 – 63 women (15,4%). • In all elections 4 - 5 % lower then their % on the candidates lists= more harder work, less money, more womenNo mayor, no chief of a regional parliament, (no other positions
looked at)
OmbudsMAN,
ACTIONS TAKEN
• NGO Forum of Women 2 000• Campaign of NGO Option of Choice 2 002• Feministic publishing house ASPEKT before
election to EUP in 2004 – Women Experts • EWL50 /50 Campaign – No Democracy
Without Gender Equality (ONLY 1 woman MP signed)
Legislative Actions
Magical 30%
every 3. candidate = a women, in 2002, recorded discussion
3 other atemps, no result
preferential voting