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Women’s Representation in Political Institutions [PDF]
Revista 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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Research on the Effect of Rwanda Gender Quotas on Political Representation and Optimizing Strategy [PDF]
SHS Web of ConferencesThis 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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Politics & Gender, 2022 This study investigates the subjective effects of gender quotas by examining how quotas affect party elites’ perceptions of quota beneficiaries. Furthermore, it proposes to distinguish between objective and subjective quota effects.
Marco Radojevic
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European Political Science Review, 2021 Female representation in political decision-making positions is now a salient issue in public discussions throughout Europe. Understanding public attitudes towards a more balanced gender distribution in politics remains limited, however.
Juan J. Fernández, Celia Valiente
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The Impact of Electoral Gender Quotas on Women’s Political Participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Politics 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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Journal 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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Female directors, board-gender quotas and firm performance: evidence from Norway
Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2022 The opponents to board gender quotas point out the utility argument, according to which, the impossibility of appointing the best candidates will have a negative impact on firm performance.
Josep García-Blandón +3 more
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Gender quotas in Indonesia: Re-examining the role of international NGOs
Ex 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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Politics & Gender, 2022 Electoral gender quotas remain contentious among many publics. One hurdle is the “principle-policy puzzle”: those who espouse gender egalitarianism may nevertheless oppose affirmative action measures because of disagreements about their necessity and ...
M. Miura, K. McElwain, Tomoki Kaneko
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Desafíos, 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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