The presence of women in regional parliaments. How effective are the parity measures adopted by the political parties and the legislature?

Authors

  • ROSARIO SERRA CRISTÓBAL

Keywords:

electoral quotas, regional parliaments, political gender equality, parity.

Abstract

This paper analyses how the ratio of women participation within legislatures of autonomous communities has evolved. Its purpose is to verify how effective have been into this the so-called measures for «parity democracy» or «gender balance». Such measures aim at promoting an egalitarian presence of participants of both genders in political representative bodies. Some were voluntarily adopted by political parties while, for others, lawmakers at State and autonomous communities levels were at their origin, such in the case of the recently adopted Law 3/2007 on equal treatment for women and men. Finally, an insight into our neighbouring democracies’ experiences in this field completes this paper.

Published

2008-10-15

Issue

Section

RESEARCH NOTES