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Quotas for men: Reframing gender quotas as a means of improving representation for all [PDF]
, 2014 Gender quotas traditionally focus on the underrepresentation of women. Conceiving of quotas in this way perpetuates the status of men as the norm and women as the other.
RAINBOW MURRAY, Murray, R
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Quotas and women's substantive representation: Evidence from a content analysis of Ugandan plenary debates [PDF]
, 2017 Despite the popularity of electoral gender quotas, the substantive impact of quotas on the plenary behavior of members of parliament (MPs) has yet to be thoroughly empirically explored, and in particular, there is a dearth of evidence from non-Western ...
Clayton, Amanda +5 more
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The substantive representation of social groups: towards a new comparative research agenda
European Journal of Politics and Gender, 2022 This article maps the field of substantive representation of social groups and carves out a new research agenda. Examining a database of 313 publications, we identify patterns in what is studied in the field and how it is studied.
Erzeel, Silvia, Rashkova, Ekaterina
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Women´s Representation and Rights in the African Court
Age of Human Rights Journal, 2022 The African Union and African states’ have committed to upholding gender equality and women’s rights. A pivotal mechanism for advancing this commitment and human rights in general is the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, with its broad ...
Lilian Chenwi
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Evaluating the Substantive Representation of Women and Domestic Violence Legislation in England and Wales: a Critical Path Approach [PDF]
, 2018 More women entering politics has led to questions regarding so-called ‘women’s issues’ and whether female representatives make a difference in reference to these issues.
Kitchen, A.
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Quota election system as a way of achieving descriptive and substantive representation of women in parliaments [PDF]
Sociološki Pregled, 2007 In ten chapters of the text are analyzed issues of under representation of women in legislative bodies (descriptive representation) matched with possibilities of their substantive representation. The substantive representation means contribution of women
Mršević Zorica
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Jurnal Hukum Volkgeist, 2023 The topic of women's quotas can be a good entry point to explore what limits and enhances substantive representation of women. Additionally, women's quotas are closely related to the debate on descriptive and substantive representation when associating ...
Sukardin, Suartini, Anas Lutfi
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Conservation & Society, 2017 The United Nations (UN) and World Bank programme for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Deforestation (REDD) plus improving forest governance (REDD+) promotes carbon-emission reductions and sustainable forest management.
Robert Mbeche
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Politics and GovernanceRepresentative democracy functions optimally when all citizens can participate, are heard, and feel represented. We know, however, that those interested and satisfied in politics rarely reflect a cross-section of the population.
Floris Vermeulen +3 more
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Minority Political Representation: Muslim Councilors in Newham and Hackney
Religions, 2013 Scholars have long been intrigued by the role of minority elected officials in representing the interests of their communities. There is an on-going debate on whether distinctive minority agendas exist and whether the existence of minority ...
Eren Tatari, Ahmet Yükleyen
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