Interactive Catalogue

Women In Politics, the Desire to Reality - Equalities and Inequalities

Literature Item

Author Information:

• Name: Olívia de Carvalho & Elza Pais
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-5277

Abstract:

Promote gender equality and the empowerment of women is one of the millennium development goals. In this sense, this article reflects, analyzes, and interprets the situation of women in politics, trying to identify the factors that promote or inhibit their participation. It also intends to evaluate the equality and inequality in the fields of policy decision and Economic Decision. The progress in the representation of women in the executive branch are even slower. In 2010, only nine of 151 elected heads of state and 11 of 192 heads of government were women and, globally, women hold only 16% of ministerial posts. The article focus on the identification of the factors that influence the political activity of women and propose ways to change this reality.

Keywords:

gender, equality, women participation, policy

Publication Date:

Oct. 4, 2016

Source Specificity:

None, None, None

Website:

https://repositorio.upt.pt/entities/publication/7ecae072-dd98-4742-ac78-d2f7b1f01d10

Power Domains:

Social, Economic

Methods Tools:

Monitoring, Self-regulation, Benchmarking

Country:

Portugal

City:

unspecified

Implementation Scale:

International

Language:

Portuguese

Other Links:

http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2865
978-84-9012-850-3

https://repositorio.upt.pt/server/api/core/bitstreams/4dfce0d0-5e3e-4cd5-8c71-c00ae3f54ead/content