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Women Quotas vs. Men Quotas in Academia: Students Perceive Favoring Women as Less Fair Than Favoring Men

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
In this study, we analyze the free verbal associations to the stimuli women quotas and men quotas of 327 medical students. Women and men quotas are characterized by the same modus operandi (i.e., preferential treatment based on sex/gender).
Miriam K. Zehnter, Erich Kirchler
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Research on the Effect of Rwanda Gender Quotas on Political Representation and Optimizing Strategy [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences
This essay examines the effect of Rwanda's gender quotas on political representation, especially in the Rwandan government, and proposes a few optimizing strategies for it to develop. Rwanda is a developing and post-genocide country in Sub-Saharan Africa,
Fan Ho Sio
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Women’s Representation in Political Institutions [PDF]

open access: yesRevista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2022
This article examines the presence of women in Catalan political institutions from 1980 until now. First, this report reviews the measures that have been adopted over the years to reduce male over-representation.
Sílvia Claveria
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The Impact of Electoral Gender Quotas on Women’s Political Participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

open access: yesPolitics in Central Europe, 2023
Although representing half of the world population, women remain largely excluded from political power and government structures. Various strategies have been introduced to increase women’s political representation, including electoral gender quotas ...
Merdanović Ajla Van Heel   +1 more
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GENDERIZING OF THE PARTICIPATION RIGHT IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS: THE ELECTORAL QUOTA AND FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN ALBANIA

open access: yesJournal of Liberty and International Affairs, 2021
This paper is focused on the Albanian electoral system, its total inclusion approach, protection and promotion of gender characteristics, historical and legal developments on the gender quotas necessity, the comparison in time and space, the barriers and
Evis Garunja
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Gender quotas in Indonesia: Re-examining the role of international NGOs

open access: yesEx Aequo: Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres, 2019
Women’s political representation in Indonesia has been rather limited and has fluctuated since independence in 1945. In a hope to improve this situation, a legislated gender quota of 30 percent for candidates in Indonesia was first implemented in the ...
Ella Syafputri Prihatini   +1 more
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Colombia’s Constitutional Debate on Gender Quotas: The Link between Representation, Merit, and Democracy

open access: yesDesafíos, 2019
Gendered quotas have been one of the preferred instruments for promoting women’s participation and empowerment in public decision-making positions. This study analyzes Colombia’s constitutional validation of gender quotas.
Felipe Jaramillo Ruiz
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Quotas and Gender Competence: Independent or Complementary Approaches to Gender Equality?

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2021
Austrian gender equality policy in higher education is characterized by the successful implementation of a comprehensive set of gender equality policies and persistent gender imbalances.
Angela Wroblewski
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From breaking the rule to making the rules : the adoption, entrenchment and diffusion of gender quotas in France [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Once a country allergic to any type of preferential treatment or quota measure for women, France has become a country that applies gender quotas to regulate women's presence and representation in politics, the business sector, public bodies, public ...
Lépinard, E.
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Affirmative action programs and network benefits in the number of board positions.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Whereas governments are increasingly considering affirmative action programs to increase corporate board diversity, the effect of such programs can be superficial as they do not address the underlying problem, which is women's access to and inclusion in ...
Katarzyna Burzynska, Gabriela Contreras
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