In scores of countries, the adoption of gender quotas has boosted the numbers of women elected to national legislatures. How does the growing presence of women affect legislative behavior regarding women’s rights? Using an original dataset of all the bills submitted to the Argentine Congress between 1983 and 2007, we analyze the relationship between women’s presence in Congress and the introduction and approval of bills related to women’s rights. Our dataset allows us to compare three periods with varying levels of women’s presence in both legislative chambers (the first without quotas, the second with a quota in one chamber, and the third with full quota implementation in both chambers). Our results confirm the necessity of distinguishing ...
Extant research demonstrates that gender quotas do increase women’s descriptive representation in na...
The recent election cycles of Latin American parliaments have seen increased women's representation ...
Argentina has taken steps to increase women's participation in politics. In 1991, it established tha...
In scores of countries, the adoption of gender quotas has boosted the numbers of women electe...
In scores of countries, the adoption of gender quotas has boosted the numbers of women elected to na...
Abstract: In scores of countries, the adoption of gender quotas has boosted the numbers of women ele...
Representación de las mujeres y designaciones a comisiones legislativas: El caso de las provincias a...
Over the past two decades governments worldwide have begun to take action to correct gender disparit...
Artículo originalOver the last two decades a large number of countries worldwide have adopted a gend...
This work examines the link between descriptive representation and substantive representation: do fe...
El artículo se propone estudiar la representación de las mujeres en las legislaturas provinciales de...
This article focuses on the design of subnational gender quotas in Argentina and Mexico and its conn...
Women and minorities have long been underrepresented in politics but, in recent years, pressure has ...
RESUMEN: Las autoras analizan la participación política de las mujeres en Argentina, a través de su ...
This study seeks to examine how the composition quotas has impacted the existing laws (descriptive ...
Extant research demonstrates that gender quotas do increase women’s descriptive representation in na...
The recent election cycles of Latin American parliaments have seen increased women's representation ...
Argentina has taken steps to increase women's participation in politics. In 1991, it established tha...
In scores of countries, the adoption of gender quotas has boosted the numbers of women electe...
In scores of countries, the adoption of gender quotas has boosted the numbers of women elected to na...
Abstract: In scores of countries, the adoption of gender quotas has boosted the numbers of women ele...
Representación de las mujeres y designaciones a comisiones legislativas: El caso de las provincias a...
Over the past two decades governments worldwide have begun to take action to correct gender disparit...
Artículo originalOver the last two decades a large number of countries worldwide have adopted a gend...
This work examines the link between descriptive representation and substantive representation: do fe...
El artículo se propone estudiar la representación de las mujeres en las legislaturas provinciales de...
This article focuses on the design of subnational gender quotas in Argentina and Mexico and its conn...
Women and minorities have long been underrepresented in politics but, in recent years, pressure has ...
RESUMEN: Las autoras analizan la participación política de las mujeres en Argentina, a través de su ...
This study seeks to examine how the composition quotas has impacted the existing laws (descriptive ...
Extant research demonstrates that gender quotas do increase women’s descriptive representation in na...
The recent election cycles of Latin American parliaments have seen increased women's representation ...
Argentina has taken steps to increase women's participation in politics. In 1991, it established tha...