Political representation of women and gender (in)equality

2018 ◽  
pp. 167-182
Author(s):  
Reut Itzkovitch-Malka
Keyword(s):  
Political Representation ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND WOMEN’S POLITICAL REPRESENTATION: AN ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S EXPERIENCE IN FORMAL POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN TURKEY FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE

2021 ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
Ayşe GÖNÜLLÜ ATAKAN
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Women And Gender Studies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Developed Countries

Today, the necessity of addressing development not only with its economic dimension but also with its social and environmental dimensions has been accepted by the international community. Alternative Women and Development approaches that emerged in the 1970s also emphasized that the idea of development without women would not be possible, and that the main development is possible with the empowerment of women as important actors of development. It is a dominant view that is agreed in the literature on women and gender studies that one of the most important tools for achieving empowerment, which is conceptualized as “gaining the ability of women to make strategic life choices”, is their participation in decision-making mechanisms. In this context, it is vital for women to participate in formal politics with their own perspective in order to solve their own problems based on their own gendered experiences. In this study, inadequate political representation of women in Turkey, as a candidate to be among the developed countries, is discussed from a gender perspective in terms of reasons, results and solutions. Keywords: Political participation, gender, women and development, empowerment.

scholarly journals Tre donne sole: Pavese’s Women in Search of a Modern Identity

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-167
Author(s):  
Stacy Giufre
Keyword(s):  
Women And Gender ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Modern Identity

“Tre Donne Sole: Pavese’s Women in Search of a Modern Identity” analyzes the representation of women in three of Cesare Pavese’s works: “Pensieri di Dina,” La bella estate, and Tra donne sole. This article argues that the depiction of women and gender in these texts is more modern and complex than one might originally suspect considering Pavese’s reputation as a misogynist and the essentialist claims that appear throughout his work.

The United Nations, Gendered Human Rights, and Peacekeeping since 1945

2020 ◽  
pp. 745-766
Author(s):  
Sandra Whitworth
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Peace Operations ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Un Peacekeeping ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
And Gender

Feminist observers of peacekeeping have asked why very little has changed within the peacekeeping of the United Nations (UN) since 1945, despite a greater overall attention to questions of gender within the UN. For example, despite calls for greater representation of women on missions, they continue to constitute a small fraction of the personnel deployed; despite calls to “gender mainstream” missions, peace operations often result in heightened insecurity for some women and girls. This chapter examines the evolution of UN peacekeeping alongside an examination of the greater attention devoted to questions of women and gender within the UN system from 1945 to the present. It argues that the ultimately “problem-solving” approach to gender and peacekeeping adopted by the UN limits the possibility of any substantive impact its policies around gender may ever achieve.

9. Women and Gender

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky Randall
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Women's Movements ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the relationship between women/gender and political processes in the developing world. It begins with a discussion of the social context and ‘construction’ of gender, as well as the ways in which the state and politics have shaped women’s experience. It then considers the women’s movement, with case studies based in Brazil, Pakistan, and South Korea, along with women’s political representation and participation. It also examines the development and impact of feminism and women’s movements before concluding with an analysis of factors affecting policy related to women, focusing on issues such as abortion and girls’ access to education.

Gendering Parliamentary Questions

2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Bird
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Written Questions ◽  
Common Understanding

This article explores MPs' use of parliamentary questions to address gender-related concerns. The discussion is based upon a sample of oral and written questions asked during the 1997/1998 parliamentary session. All questions including the terms ‘women’, ‘men’ and/or ‘gender’ were selected. Using quantitative analysis, the first part of the article examines which MPs asked these questions. The second part uses qualitative approaches to explore the content of such oral parliamentary questions. The article finds that women MPs were more likely than their male colleagues to refer to ‘women’ and ‘gender’ in both written and oral questions. Male members were more inclined to refer to ‘men’ than their female colleagues. Whilst the questions address a wide range of concerns, MPs shared a common understanding of which issues should be linked to ‘women’. Representations of wo/manhood, however, upheld conservative gender roles and risked essentialising sexual categories. The discussion has relevance for questions of women's political representation that have become increasingly topical and significant since the increase of female MPs in 1997.

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