POLSCI 3V03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Women In Pakistan, Zipper, De Facto

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Wed. film screenings: both events and their details are posted on ave, not required. Affirmative action policies to help women overcome barriers to election: not a popular term, often described as quotas or gender equity, parody law is also used. Applied in 100+ countries: 112 have them either voluntarily or statutory. Not all gender quotas are created equal: voluntary or statutory. In a list system, the tendency is that the list that don"t meet a quota is disqualified from running for election. Rapid diffusion of gender quotas around the world. Ndp has a voluntary quota: magnitude: 5%-50% The required number of women that must be presented to meet the quota. Uses gender neutral language: reserved seats or candidate quotas. Reserved seats are a set number of seats set aside for women, and must be filled by women. Outcome of women in the house are fixed. Candidate quotas are those that have to be presented for voters.

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