Genderware
Genderware

Author: Mariette Sineau

Publisher: Council of Europe

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9287153434

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It is a common misconception that the battle for gender equality in political life has been won. In most member states, women are significantly under-represented in local, regional and national decision-making bodies. On a Europe-wide level, they account for only 18 % of parliamentary membership. This book traces the history of the Council of Europe policy on promoting the women's participation in political life. It describes the principles and methods behind policies, the institutional mechanisms on which they are based, and analyses the major topics involved. It concludes by discussing areas essential for future work: gender quotas for political parties, guaranteed social rights for women and the reinforcement of secularity.

Documents
Documents

Author: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly

Publisher: Council of Europe

Published: 2006-11-08

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9789287159328

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Sixth European Ministerial Conference on Equality Between Women and Men
Sixth European Ministerial Conference on Equality Between Women and Men

Author: Council of Europe

Publisher: Council of Europe

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9789287162199

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The two-sub themes of this Ministerial Conference were gender equality as an integral part of human rights in a democratic society, and gender analysis and gender budgeting: tools for economic development. The main objective of the Conference was to raise awareness, at the highest political level, to the fact that the lack of gender equality implies personal, social and economic costs higher than the cost of those incurred in implementing gender equality and that there are social and economic benefits to be gained from its implementation. These proceedings present the main contributions to the Conference as well as the two following texts adopted by the European ministers responsible for gender equality: Resolution on Achieving gender equality: a challenge for human rights and a prerequisite for economic development and Action Plan for Achieving gender equality in all spheres of society.--Publisher's description.

Women and Legislative Representation
Women and Legislative Representation

Author: M. Tremblay

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0230610374

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This book seeks to identify the factors that influence the percentage of female parliamentarians, paying particular attention to the electoral system. The author seeks to understand the third wave of democratization of political systems, through the particular perspective of female representation in parliaments.

Feminist Geographies
Feminist Geographies

Author: Women and Geography Study Group

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-14

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1317891384

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In recent years, the study of human geography has been reshaped by the work of feminist geographers, and as a result a considerable number of universities now include feminist geography and gender issues in their courses. This text provides an introduction to contemporary debates in feminist geography. These explorations in diversity and difference make up feminist geography in the 1990s. Feminist Geographies introduces key analytical concepts, examines the history of the subdiscipline, explores feminist geographers' methodologies and considers the various ways in which feminist geographers have worked with some of geography's key concepts; notably space, place, landscape and environment. The text also goes on to outline areas of future debates within the subject.

Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities
Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities

Author: Ravi K. Thiara

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1843106701

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This book is powerful, challenging and inspirational, and is an important contribution to debates on the complex intersections between ethnicity, gender and inequality, as well as on human rights and violence against women.

Disrupting White Supremacy
Disrupting White Supremacy

Author: Jennifer Harvey

Publisher: The Pilgrim Press

Published: 2008-05-13

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0829820620

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Through careful, thoughtful examination of the nature and workings of race, racism, and white supremacy, the contributors--an all-white group of theologians, ethicists, teachers, ministers, and activists--have provided a resource that will help white people do their own souls, acknowledging its devasting effects on people of color, and taking their own steps toward it's abolishment.