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| dc.title | 'Lady Leaders': The Case of Quotas for Women's Representation in Argentina |
| dc.contributor.author | Aggio, Carlos |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Sustainable Development Department |
| dc.coverage | Argentina |
| dc.date.available | 2011-10-28T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2002-07-01T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | Argentina has taken steps to increase women's participation in politics. In 1991, it established that 30% of the candidate list for the Chamber of Deputies had to be women. As a consequence of the measure, the percentage of women deputies has increased from 5.44% in 1991/93 to 27% in 1995/97. At the same time, the country was under Menem's presidency that was considered to neglect democratic institution such as Parliament. The main aim of this paper is to answer the question: Does a quota system enhance women's participation in weak democracies? The main argument is given that the numeric increase of women has occurred in a weak and or neglected Parliament, the potential achievements of the initiatives has been neutralized. Additionally, the study argues that women have begun to make their voices heard in a political space that was traditionally controlled by men and this, in itself, constitutes a remarkable achievement. |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006873 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Lady-Leaders-The-Case-of-Quotas-for-Women-Representation-in-Argentina.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Female Representation |
| dc.subject | Public Administration |
| dc.subject | Democracy |
| dc.subject.keywords | women rights, gender equity, discrimination |
| dc.type | Discussion Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Discussion Papers |