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Women and political participation in Malta

Literature Item

Author Information:

• Name: JosAnn Cutajar - University of Malta
• Website: https://www.um.edu.mt/

Abstract:

The objective of this paper is to outline the level of political participation of Maltese women in local councils, national and European parliaments. When the level of participation of women in these political structures falls drastically below that of Maltese men – as in the case of national elections - this paper sets out to delineate what obstacles might prevent women’s representation at this level and what might need to be done to ensure that more women are elected. The paper takes into consideration the six possible areas of intervention proposed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in the baseline study entitled “Gender equality in elected office: a six-step action plan” (Norris and Krook, 2011), namely constitutional rights, electoral system, legal quotas, party rules and recruitment procedures, capacity development and parliamentary reform.

Keywords:

women in politics, elections of women, culture for women leaders

Publication Date:

Jan. 11, 2014

Source Specificity:

None, None, None

Power Domains:

Political

Methods Tools:

Competence development, Awareness-raising

Country:

Malta

Implementation Scale:

National

Language:

English

Other Links:

https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/44364/1/Women_and_political_participation_in_Malta_2014.pdf