Essays about: "Gender Sensitive Democracy"
Found 3 essays containing the words Gender Sensitive Democracy.
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1. Female Representation and Development : A case study of the gender-sensitive developmental outcomes of female representation in the Rwandan parliament
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the relation between women’s representation and gender-sensitive development, or women-friendly issues. This is done through a case study of Rwanda, a country that has faced rapid development and increase in women representatives in parliament which makes the country unique and useful for this study. READ MORE
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2. GENDER SENSITIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT The role of gender equality in lowering corruption
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The aim of this study is to build on literature on the relationship between gender equality, democracy and corruption, in order to see if gender equality is a key factor for impartiality, which in turn has impacts on the quality of government and the levels of corruption. Towards this end, several Varieties of Democracy Indices were tested in order to determine which is the best predictor for lower levels of corruption. READ MORE
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3. Points of Unity -the Nature of Coalition among South African Women
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This paper suggests that pre-transiton mobilisation and collective bargaining creates post transiton success. It also examines how the fragility of a gender identity often results in fragmentation of crosscutting women's organisations once democracy is established, resulting in poorer cooperation between women and effectively poorer struggle for gender equality. READ MORE
