Ar lytis svarbi valdyme? Lyčių kvotos kaip geros politikos priemonė : jų praktika ir nesėkmės Lietuvoje

Gender quota is seen as the result of affirmative action policy, focused on reducing gender bias and women underrepresentation. Proportional representation of both sexes in the public sphere, especially in politics and decision-making bodies of organisations, is seen as a democratic and economic necessity, an essential condition for developing gender sensitive policy. The paper presents analysis of initiatives to legislate gender quotas in Lithuania, by discussing the accounts used for proposals to adopt gender quotas, representing the standpoints of main political actors and identifying the obstacles of quota's legitimation