Interactive Catalogue

Bringing Women in: Global Strategies for Gender Parity in Political Representation

Literature Item

Author Information:

Name: University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Abstract:

This article discusses some of the strategies used globally to increase women's political representation. It initially examines legislative quota provisions, pointing to their multi-faceted interaction with the electoral and political systems in which they are embedded. It distinguishes between quotas at the point of candidate selection and reserved parliamentary seats, while referring to the delegitimising of women's representative role associated with reserved seats. The article then considers voluntary party quotas as a method of supporting women's political opportunities and gives some instances of successful practices in this regard. Then, it examines the role that organized women in civil society play in promoting gender parity. The article concludes that the optimal conditions for increasing women's political presence occur when political women, feminists within governing institutions and civil society activists coalesce to pursue this goal.

Keywords:

Reference reflections-literature, Gender in Leadership, World comparison

Dates:

Jan. 1, 2006 - None

Source Specificity:

Public Policy Document

Website:

https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/margin6&id=323&collection=journals&index=

Power Domains:

Political

Methods Tools:

Awareness-raising, Self-regulation

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City:

None

Implementation Scale:

international

Language:

English

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https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/margin6&id=323&collection=journals&index=