WOMEN IN INDIAN AND PAKISTANI POLITICS: RESERVATION POLICY AND QUOTAS VERSUS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN IN INDIAN AND PAKISTANI POLITICS: RESERVATION POLICY AND QUOTAS VERSUS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Author(s): Agnieszka Nitza-MakowskaSubject(s): Gender Studies, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Comparative politics, Victimology, Sociology of Politics, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Collegium Civitas
Keywords: women in politics; quotas in Pakistan; reservation policy in India; women’s human development;
Summary/Abstract: This study compares the measures that serve women’s numerical presence in politics in India and Pakistan. Based on the selected indicators of women’s human development, the paper also outlines the socio-economic and cultural conditions under which these measures operate. Drawing mainly on the primary sources coupled with Indian and Pakistani movies, the paper concludes by exposing the gap between an average woman citizen and a woman politician that exists in both countries regardless of quotas and reservation policy.
Journal: Zoon Politikon
- Issue Year: 10/2019
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 5-26
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English