Women, Public Life And Democracy (Commonwealth Parliamentary Association)

✍ Scribed by Joni Lovendusky, Rosie Campbell, Jacqui Sampson-Jacent

• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 207
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

More and more women from Commonwealth countries are now securing jobs in the senior public sector. With women increasingly able to access key roles in the shaping of government and legislature, often at an elected level, this book provides a timely study of the progress that has been made by Commonwealth countries, and the practical measures these countries are taking to promote women's rights.The authors explore what the Commonwealth has done in the new millennium, at governmental levels, to make parliaments more accessible to women. It includes a comprehensive description of women's rights in the Commonwealth's diverse cultural and social groupings. The authors demonstrate why gender equality is an important issue for both sexes and how the Commonwealth can lead the world in finding effective solutions to global issues.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 4
1 Introduction: setting out the terms......Page 13
2 The role of Parliamentarians......Page 20
3 Representation without the incumbency barrier: the example of Scotland......Page 28
4 Waving goodbye to dinosaurs: the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition......Page 36
5 Making Parliamentarians listen to women voters and getting women elected......Page 40
6 The Beijing process......Page 46
7 Gender mainstreaming......Page 52
8 Affirmative action: help or hindrance......Page 58
9 Education and sex equality......Page 67
10 Equalizing access to care and services......Page 74
11 The Nordic model: the example of Finland......Page 81
12 Equality policy: the example of Malaysia......Page 88
13 The implementation of equal rights legislation: personal observations......Page 99
14 Does size matter? Sex equality in small states......Page 100
15 How can NGOs lobby for change? A user's guide......Page 102
16 Improving access to credit, technology and business resources......Page 107
17 Can the media be re- sexed?......Page 109
18 Conclusions......Page 121
19 What works and what does not for women in politics: a Commonwealth perspective......Page 128
20 Institutional framework for mainstreaming gender in public service personnel manage......Page 136
21 Affirmative action in the Commonwealth Secretariat......Page 141
Preface to chapters 22 and 23......Page 145
22 Report of a CPA study group on gender- sensitizing Commonwealth parliaments......Page 147
23 Gender- sensitizing Commonwealth parliaments: Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference Plenary Report,......Page 174
24 Report of a Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference Workshop on Gender, September 2001......Page 178
25 Strategic partnerships for politics in the twenty- first century: report of a Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Meeting, September 2001......Page 184
26 Representation of Women in Commonwealth parliaments and legislatures......Page 194
Bibliography......Page 201