Substantive Representation of Women in Asian Parliaments Joshi Devin K.
Substantive Representation of Women in Asian Parliaments Joshi Devin K. Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with national parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this…
Specifikacia Substantive Representation of Women in Asian Parliaments Joshi Devin K.
Substantive Representation of Women in Asian Parliaments Joshi Devin K.
Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with national parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this book analyze and evaluate the advancement of gender equality in Asia.As of the year 2022, no country in Asia has gender parity in its parliament. What is more important than simple descriptive representation, however, is whether outcomes for women are improving. Meanwhile, the proportion of national-level women parliamentarians in Asia averages a mere 20%.
In other words, what do women and men parliamentarians do to advance women's well-being and gender equality? Rather than focusing on numerical representation, the chapters in this book focus on the substantive representation of women. Using semi-structured interviews, the author of each chapter examines these efforts in the context of a specific Asian country.
The case studies include Bangladesh,