Women ministers mainly hold social and cultural portfolios (55%), followed by economic (23%), political (14%) and environmental (4%) portfolios. Female quotas or parity for elected legislative positions has been enacted into law in 14 Latin American countries.34 So far, 11 countries have implemented such laws, and Uruguay will do so in 2014, Mexico in 2015 and El Salvador in 2018. The proportion of women in legislatures has risen in almost all the countries over the past decade.