Substantive representation of women in Asian parliaments

• Main Authors: JOSHI, Devin K., ECHLE, Christian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Gender equality; Asian politics; parliamentarians; women representation; substantive representation; gender parity; women's well-being; semi-structured interviews; case studies; Asian countries; Asian Studies; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Gender and Sexuality; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3682; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4940/viewcontent/9781003275961_webpdf.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with national parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this book analyze and evaluate the advancement of gender equality in Asia. As of the year 2022, no country in Asia has gender parity in its parliament. Meanwhile, the proportion of...