Women's representation and democratic consolidation in Latin America

A consolidated representative democracy requires representation of all citizens, including women. Yet, most Latin American countries fall short of gender equality in legislative representation at the national level. In this paper, I analyze womens representation in Latin America asking three questio...

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Autor principal: Schwindt-Bayer, Leslie
Outros Autores: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: Português
Publicado em: 2018
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Mulher
Representação
Legislatura
América Latina
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spelling oai:bdjur.stj.jus.br.col_bdtse_4134:oai:localhost:bdtse-48922024-10-14 Women's representation and democratic consolidation in Latin America Representação feminina e a consolidação democrática na América Latina Schwindt-Bayer, Leslie Tribunal Superior Eleitoral Mulher Representação Legislatura América Latina A consolidated representative democracy requires representation of all citizens, including women. Yet, most Latin American countries fall short of gender equality in legislative representation at the national level. In this paper, I analyze womens representation in Latin America asking three questions: What does womens representation in Latin America look like? Why does it look that way? And, what are the consequences of womens representation for legislative politics and democracy in Latin America? I answer these questions drawing on recent research conducted on womens representation and present original data from my research on womens representation in Latin America. I conclude that womens representation in national legislatures has increased over time in just about every country but to varying degrees. Womens representation today continues to vary widely across the region. The primary explanation for this is the nature of electoral institutions in Latin American countries specifically, the magnitude of electoral districts, gender quota laws, party control over their ballots. The benefits of including women in national legislatures are myriad but include most importantly greater attention to womens issues in the legislative arena. Yet, challenges still persist for women in political office, specifically, their continued lack of access to real political power. These obstacles must be addressed for women to attain full political representation in Latin American democracies, and thus, for Latin American democracies to be fully consolidated. Uma democracia representativa consolidada requer a representação de todos os cidadãos, incluindo as mulheres. Ainda assim, a maioria dos países latino americanos não tem uma representação legislativa equalitária, a nível de gênero, em âmbito nacional. Neste texto, eu analiso a representação feminina na América Latina através de três questões: Como está a representação feminina na América Latina? Porque esta representação é desta forma? Quais são as consequências da representação feminina na política legislativa e na democracia da América Latina? Eu respondo estas questões baseado em recente pesquisa conduzida sobre a representação política feminina na América Latina e apresento dados originais de uma pesquisa conduzida por mim. Concluo que a representação feminina na legislatura nacional tem crescido em quase todos os países, mas em níveis diferentes. Hoje a representação feminina continua variando fortemente sobre toda a região. A principal explicação para isto é a natureza das instituições eleitorais nos países da América Latina, especialmente, a magnitude dos distritos eleitorais, as leis sobre quotas femininas e o controle dos partidos inclusive sobre o formato das cédulas eleitorais. Os benefícios da participação de mulheres em legislaturas nacionais são muito importantes para incluir as questões femininas na arena legislativa. Portanto, desafios ainda persistem para mulheres em âmbitos políticos, especialmente, a contínua ausência de acesso à real força política. Estes obstáculos devem ser vencidos para que as mulheres tenham uma representação política real nas democracias latino americanas, para que assim, estas democracias sejam totalmente consolidadas. 2018-07-18T18:34:30Z 2018-07-18T18:34:30Z 2016 Artigo SCHWINDT-BAYER, Leslie. Women's representation and democratic consolidation in Latin America. E-Legis - Revista Eletrônica do Programa de Pós-Graduação da Câmara dos Deputados, Brasília, DF, v. 9, n. 19, p. 49-71, jan./abr. 2016. http://bibliotecadigital.tse.jus.br/xmlui/handle/bdtse/4892 pt_BR <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt_BR"><img alt="Licença Creative Commons" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />Este item está licenciado com uma Licença <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt_BR">Creative Commons Atribuição-CompartilhaIgual 4.0 Internacional</a>. 23 p.
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Representação
Legislatura
América Latina
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Representação
Legislatura
América Latina
Schwindt-Bayer, Leslie
Women's representation and democratic consolidation in Latin America
description A consolidated representative democracy requires representation of all citizens, including women. Yet, most Latin American countries fall short of gender equality in legislative representation at the national level. In this paper, I analyze womens representation in Latin America asking three questions: What does womens representation in Latin America look like? Why does it look that way? And, what are the consequences of womens representation for legislative politics and democracy in Latin America? I answer these questions drawing on recent research conducted on womens representation and present original data from my research on womens representation in Latin America. I conclude that womens representation in national legislatures has increased over time in just about every country but to varying degrees. Womens representation today continues to vary widely across the region. The primary explanation for this is the nature of electoral institutions in Latin American countries specifically, the magnitude of electoral districts, gender quota laws, party control over their ballots. The benefits of including women in national legislatures are myriad but include most importantly greater attention to womens issues in the legislative arena. Yet, challenges still persist for women in political office, specifically, their continued lack of access to real political power. These obstacles must be addressed for women to attain full political representation in Latin American democracies, and thus, for Latin American democracies to be fully consolidated.
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