Pacific women in politics : gender quota campaigns in the Pacific islands /

Women are significantly underrepresented in politics in the Pacific Islands, given that only one in twenty Pacific parliamentarians are female, compared to one in five globally. A common, but controversial, method of increasing the number of women in politics is the use of gender quotas, or measures...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Baker, Kerryn (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2019]
Series:	Topics in the contemporary Pacific.
Subjects:	Women and democracy > Oceania. Women > Political activity > Oceania. Women in public life > Oceania. Sex discrimination > Political aspects > Oceania.

Table of Contents:

Women, politics, and representation in the Pacific islands
The "10 percent law" debate in Samoa
Gender quota campaigns in Papua New Guinea, 2007-2012
The reserved seats debate in the autonomous region of Bougainville
Parity laws in the French Pacific territories
Interpreting gender quota campaigns in the Pacific islands.