Pacific women in politics : gender quota campaigns in the Pacific islands.

Women are significantly underrepresented in politics in the Pacific Islands, given that only one in twenty Pacific parliamentarians are female, compared to one in five globally. A common, but controversial, method of increasing the number of women in politics is the use of gender "as, or measur...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baker, Kerryn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2019]
Series:Topics in the contemporary Pacific.
Subjects:
Women and democracy > Oceania.
Women > Political activity > Oceania.
Women in public life > Oceania.
Sex discrimination > Political aspects > Oceania.
Femmes et démocratie > Océanie.
Femmes > Activité politique > Océanie.
Femmes dans la vie publique > Océanie.
Discrimination sexuelle > Aspect politique > Océanie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Australian & Oceanian.
Women and democracy.
Women in public life.
Women > Political activity.
Oceania.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Women, politics, and representation in the Pacific islands
  • The "10 percent law" debate in Samoa
  • Gender quota campaigns in Papua New Guinea, 2007-2012
  • The reserved seats debate in the autonomous region of Bougainville
  • Parity laws in the French Pacific territories
  • Interpreting gender quota campaigns in the Pacific islands.

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