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Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments

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  • Petra Ahrens

    (Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland)

  • Sonia Palmieri

    (Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University, Australia)

Abstract

Gender equality reforms implemented across various parliaments around the world have diversified. Introducing the thematic issue Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments, we trace the context of making parliamentary institutions more gender-sensitive. We highlight both international organizations’ top-down efforts and grassroots movements’ bottom-up approaches and emphasize the complexities of descriptive, substantive, and symbolic representation. We argue that next to the broader setting, feminist institutionalism provided a critical lens to examine these relationships while acknowledging the need for gender-sensitive parliaments that prioritize gender equality. We illuminate contributions from both the Global South and North and pay particular attention to “extraordinary cases” as well as methodological, theoretical, and conceptual innovations, highlighting the challenges and opportunities in institutionalizing gender equality in diverse political contexts.

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  • Petra Ahrens & Sonia Palmieri, 2024. "Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 12.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:poango:v12:y:2024:a:8954
    DOI: 10.17645/pag.8954
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    1. Elena Frech & Sophie Kopsch, 2024. "Beyond Rhetoric: The European Parliament as a Workplace for Parents and Current Reform Debates," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 12.
    2. Kerryn Baker & Sonia Palmieri, 2024. "The Power of Norms: Gender Equality Reforms in the Parliaments of Fiji and Samoa," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 12.
    3. Sarah Childs, 2024. "Gender Sensitizing Parliaments: Reflections on Becoming a Feminist Academic Critical Actor," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 12.
    4. Josefina Erikson & Cecilia Josefsson, 2024. "Adverse Contagion? Populist Radical Right Parties and Norms on Gender Balance in Political Institutions," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 12.
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