![]() ![]() ![]() The chapter using survey data from the EU-funded EURYKA project first examines whether a gender gap, indeed, exists for Greek youth’s participation in electoral politics, and in specific modes of non-institutionalised and institutionalised political acts. Studies on gender inequalities in political participation rarely focus on youth and sporadically examine how gender intersects with other sources of socio-economic inequalities. Gender has long been considered as one of the key determinants of political participation. The findings reveal that whereas women parliamentarians used several strategies such as continuous education and capacity building to enhance their confidence and self-esteem during deliberative sessions, women’s voices are often silenced both passively and actively by powerful male voices, and women parliamentarians must constantly and consciously navigate the patriarchal attitude and androcentric nature of parliament to get their voice heard. Using the deliberative democratic theory, this chapter studies and analyses the deliberative behaviour of women parliamentarians in the Uganda parliament. ![]() This chapter therefore adopts a qualitative and descriptive research design that includes the content analysis of the Domestic Violence Bill 2010 and interviews with Ugandan parliamentarians who participated in the parliamentary era when the bill was deliberated upon. Even in pro-women legislation, the inequality in relation to women’s voices is evident during deliberations in parliament. Even then, they still face discrimination not only in their descriptive representation but also in their substantive participation. While parliament and other political deliberative structures have always been the preserve of men, women have nonetheless slowly entrenched into the arena. We end with four recommended directions for future research: (a) globalizing theory and research, (b) expanding data collection, (c) remembering alternative forms of women's agency, and (d) addressing intersectionality. ![]() We also ask whether women are distinctive-does having more women in office make a difference to public policy? Throughout the review we demonstrate that a full understanding of women's political representation requires both deep knowledge of individual cases such as the United States and broad knowledge comparing women's participationacross countries. We discuss both traditional explanations for women's political participation and representation, such as the supply of women and the demand for women, and newer explanations such as the role of international actors and gender quotas. We selectively review the literature on gender in politics, focusing on women's formal political participation. Women's political participation and representation vary dramatically within and between countries. ![]()
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