POL 501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Beverley Mclachlin, Golda Meir
11 Dec 2016
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Formal representation: the right to vote and hold office (and vice versa) who won this when? such as judiciary) held by women p. 84. 1907 new zealand -first female mps (19 elected) 2005-6 new zealand all top state leadership positions (executive, legislature, Once in office the (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:882)(cid:889) new zealand mps introduced (cid:884)(cid:888) bills on women(cid:495)s issues (cid:498)the legal rights of married women, women(cid:495)s property rights, funding for school children(cid:499) paxton and (ughes p. (cid:888)(cid:889) Representation patterns from 1942 to 2010 female employment, and maternity insurance, Regional differences e. g. scandinavian countries more egalitarian in parliament is a 100% increase] Most are formerly communist countries and some were. There is usually an institutional win, such as the introduction of quotas, that accompanies these jumps. [watch for absolute percentages vs. relative percentages going from 1 to 2 females. Generally a complex combination of factors which formerly leftist authoritarian; when the legislature(cid:495)s began to have modern country with only 48 women replicating this since.
