Pages tagged "International Case Study"
Where are women in the Brexit debates?
Brexit Flags (CreativeCommons) “Flags outside Parliament” by ChiralJon is licensed under CC BY 2.0
As the UK continues to Brexit, we’ll continue to look for the women missing from the national conversation.
Read moreMāori women fought alongside non-indigenous women for suffrage, but are they fairly represented in New Zealand’s House of Representatives?
New Zealand’s actions for gender and Indigenous inclusion are working, it is now just a matter of ensuring Indigenous women have the same voice as their male and non-Indigenous counterparts.
Gender Quotas for the Underrepresented? A Gender Parity Case Study: Brazil
To achieve progress in women’s representation in many countries, including Brazil, a change in systems which enable and support the disenfranchisement of women and minorities is needed.
Women's Representation in Chile: Comparative Analysis of Gender Balance Legislation in Chile and Bolivia
Chile is the country with the highest GDP per capita and Human Development Index in South America, yet it was one of the last countries to enact a gender quota law in the region. Though higher levels of economic development should be paired with greater gender parity, the reality is that Chile ranks 84th in the world in terms of the percentage of women in Congress, with just 23 percent in the Lower and Upper Houses.
