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Defining Women’s Representation: Debates around Gender Quotas in India and France

Politics and Governance, 2019
In 1999, after a heated debate on gender parity in political representation, the French constitution was amended to include the principle of “equal representation” of both sexes. This paved the way for the introduction of gender quotas.
Virginie Dutoya, Yves Sintomer
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Gender quotas and politicians' education

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
The authors wish to thank seminar participants at the Oviedo Economics Seminars, the Associate Editor and two anonymous referees for helpful comments and suggestions. We also thank Manuel Bagues for sharing part of the dataset used in Bagues and Campa (2021). Financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID28020-118585GB-100).
Francesca Passarelli, David Boto-García
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Kjønnskvotering i norske bedriftsstyrer – vellykket likestillingspolitikk?

Magma
Til tross for Norges status som et foregangsland for likestilling er det norske samfunn fortsatt preget av tydelige kjønnsskjevheter. Det gjelder blant annet vedvarende mannsdominans i topplederstillinger.
Mari Teigen
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Kynjakvótar og mögulegar hindranir á leið kvenna til æðstu stjórnunar [PDF]

Íslenska þjóðfélagið: The Icelandic Society, 2012
The main goal of the article is twofold. On the one hand to analyse the attitude towards gender quotas and gender balance in business management. On the other hand to understand which barriers women face on the way to top-level positions.
Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir, Margrét Þorvaldsdóttir   +1 more
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Seeing is believing: Voluntary gender quotas change female leadership stereotypes

Research & Politics
Can gender quotas voluntarily adopted by political parties alter stereotypical views about women in politics? This article examines Namibia’s SWAPO, an electorally dominant party that introduced a 50/50 gender quota in 2013.
Vladimir Chlouba
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Gender Equality Policies in the European Union and Kazakhstan: A Comparative Study

Journal of Central Asian Studies
Kazakhstan has made significant progress in institutionalizing gender equality. However, there are still existing challenges, including the gender pay gap, women’s underrepresentation in leadership positions, and gender-based violence. This study aims to
Gaziza Akhmetchina
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Gender Quotas and Women's Political Leadership [PDF]

American Political Science Review, 2014
Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the effects of these reforms on women's political leadership are largely unknown. We exploit a natural experiment—a 50–50 quota imposed by the national board of the Swedish Social Democratic Party on 290 municipal branches—to examine quotas’ influence on women's selection to, and survival in ...
Z. O’Brien, Diana, Rickne, Johanna
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Next Level Quotas? Corporate and Public Support for Gender Quotas in Executive Management

Administrative Sciences
This study provides the first comprehensive examination of gender quota legislation for executive management positions, executive gender quotas (EGQs), in Icelandic listed companies, alongside the general public’s attitudes toward such measures.
Ásta Dís Óladóttir, Thora H. Christiansen, Haukur Freyr Gylfason, Haukur C. Benediktsson, Freyja Vilborg Thorarinsdottir   +4 more
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Introducing the Special Issue: Interview with Swati Parashar about Women and Feminism in Global Politics

RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2022
Gender issues and feminist studies are rare in Russian Political Science. This gap is surprising given the increasing international recognition of womens rights, as well as growing interest in mainstreaming gender equality norms and removing key ...
Swati Parashar, Daria B. Kazarinova
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Who supports gender quotas in Ireland? [PDF]

Irish Political Studies, 2016
ABSTRACTCandidate gender quotas were passed into law in the Republic of Ireland in 2012. This paper examines support for this quota amongst three different groups: local election candidates, a sample of professionals and the general public. Using responses from three different datasets, we identify the key ideological, partisan and demographic ...
Lisa Keenan, Gail McElroy
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