Women mayors in Portugal : a case study in political representation and citizenship
It presents a historical analysis of the participation of women in Portuguese politics and reveals the positive effects of the introduction of the parity law in 2006. In the 2015 national elections, for the first time one third of the elected the Members of the Portuguese Parliament were women. Howe...
| Autor principal: | Almeida, Maria Antónia de Figueiredo Pires de |
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| Outros Autores: | Tribunal Superior Eleitoral |
| Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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2019
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It presents a historical analysis of the participation of women in Portuguese politics and reveals the
positive effects of the introduction of the parity law in 2006. In the 2015 national elections, for the first time one third of the elected the Members of the Portuguese Parliament were women. However, in municipalities there is still a long way to go to reach this level of female political representation. |
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