AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION – A MECHANISM FOR INTEGRATION OF THE GENDER ASPECT IN POLITICS AND ACHIEVEMENT OF GENDER EQUALITY
AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION – A MECHANISM FOR INTEGRATION OF THE GENDER ASPECT IN POLITICS AND ACHIEVEMENT OF GENDER EQUALITY
Author(s): Dijana Stojanovic DjordjevicSubject(s): Gender Studies, Electoral systems
Published by: Институт за социолошки и политичко-правни истражувања
Keywords: Women; politics; gender mainstreaming; gender equality; electoral quotas; electoral system;
Summary/Abstract: The integration of the gender aspect in public politics represents a strategy aimed at achievement of gender equality, which is no longer treated as a ‘feminine’ issue, but rather as a significant social issue with major impact on the development of the society. The gender equality is more than required since it is the only way of attaining fair representation of both genders in all authority struc-tures. The presence of women in politics is directly conditioned by the electoral system as well as by the (non)-existence of electoral quotas in it.
Journal: Annual of the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research
- Issue Year: XXXII/2007
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 153-167
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English, Macedonian