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Electoral Gender Quotas and Women's Rights
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018Electoral gender quotas, which aim to increase either the proportion of women candidates or political representatives, are currently used in over 100 countries around the world. In most cases quota measures have been adopted over the past two decades. This chapter shows that the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action fundamentally changed the
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Institutionalising Gender Equality in Spain: From Party Quotas to Electoral Gender Quotas
West European Politics, 2012This article accounts for the particular steps Spain took to institutionalise gender equality in political representation. While some West European countries, where the ‘incremental track’ was considered too slow or too ineffective, recently shifted to the ‘fast track’ (notably, Belgium, France, Italy and Portugal), Spain adopted a legislative quota in
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Gender Quotas, Electoral Laws, and the Election of Women
Comparative Political Studies, 1998Gender quotas represent a commonly advocated method by which to address the severe underrepresentation of women in the world's legislatures. This study analyzes the effect of gender quota laws on the election of women legislators. It also examines the extent to which other electoral rules can influence the effect of quotas on the election of women ...
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Gender Quotas, Electoral Laws, and the Election of Women
Comparative Political Studies, 2008This study uses district-level data from national legislative elections in 19 Latin American countries to evaluate the effect of gender quota legislation, in concert with other electoral rules, on the election of women legislators. Well-designed quota legislation has a profound positive impact on the election of women, regardless of the type of party ...
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ALTERNATIVES TO GENDER QUOTAS: ELECTORAL FINANCING OF WOMEN CANDIDATES IN MALAWI
Representation, 2014Gender quotas change the rules of candidate selection, reflecting a demand-side solution to women's underrepresentation in politics. In contrast, limited attention has been given in the literature to possible supply-side solutions, which would equip women with resources to make them more attractive to selectors—in conjunction with, or separate from ...
Happy M. Kayuni, Ragnhild L. Muriaas
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SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS Proceedings, 2017
Like in many other countries, the status of women in Croatian politics is neither satisfactory nor have their political rights been developed to an adequate degree. Croatian women face numerous prejudices and stereotypes and are almost invisible at a high political level.
Lulić, Mira, Tucak, Ivana
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Like in many other countries, the status of women in Croatian politics is neither satisfactory nor have their political rights been developed to an adequate degree. Croatian women face numerous prejudices and stereotypes and are almost invisible at a high political level.
Lulić, Mira, Tucak, Ivana
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Stirring the Pot - The Application of Electoral Gender Quotas in Africa
2020National legislatures have traditionally been regarded as male dominant spaces. This general attitude is owed to the historical institutionalization of patrimonial autocracy and male dominance embedded in electoral institutions globally. Yet, progress is evident with the advancement of global political gender platforms to involve more women in politics.
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The Combination of Gender and Ethnic Quotas in Electoral Politics
2018Around the world, countries are increasingly using quotas to enhance the diversity of political representatives. This chapter considers the histories and policy designs of ethnic and gender quotas that regulate national legislatures. Most countries with quotas target only one type of under-represented group—for example, women or ethnic minorities. Even
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The Limits of Electoral Gender Quotas in Rural Local Bodies
What are the consequences of gender quotas on women's descriptive and substantive representation? Using a novel dataset of over 20,000 rural local governance bodies spanning 20 years, we find that randomly implemented gender quotas for women do not substantially increase the chances of women winning elections to the same seat once the seat is ...Varun Karekurve-Ramachandra, Gaurav sood
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ELECTORAL GENDER QUOTAS: BETWEEN EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND EQUALITY OF RESULT
Representation, 2007In almost 100 countries throughout the world, parties and parliaments have responded to growing national and international pressure to increase women's political representation by introducing electoral gender quotas. Opponents often see quotas as a violation of the liberal principle of merit.
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