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Global Database of Quotas for Women

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Other links

Inter-Parliamentary Union. http://www.ipu.org/

Inter-Parliamentary Union. "Women in National Parliaments: Situation as of 25 September" 2000." http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm

Women's Environment and Development Organization, www.wedo.org

Online Women in Politics, www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org