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dc.contributor.authorBrody, Alyson*
dc.contributor.authorBurnley, Jasmine*
dc.contributor.authorPhyu, Poe Ei*
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-05T14:00:27Zen
dc.date.available2016-05-05T14:00:27Zen
dc.date.issued2016-06-04
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-85598-726-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/608330
dc.description<p>Women are increasingly visible in politics around the world but there is still a yawning gap in their political representation compared with men. In Myanmar, gender inequality and women's rights are major challenges across economic, social and political spheres. Myanmar's historic election in November 2015 saw a big increase in the numbers of women candidates and women MPs elected to parliament: the new government has nearly three times the number of women MPs than the previous one. But with close to 10 percent of elected parliamentary seats held by women, Myanmar is still the worst performer in the region for representation of women in parliament.</p> <p>This paper takes a snapshot of women's rights and political representation in Myanmar today, looks at the experience of countries around the world in increasing women's political representation, and examines the potential of a quota system for a country at a true turning point in its history. </p>en_US
dc.format.extent24en_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBridge, Institute of Development Studiesen_US
dc.publisherOxfamen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/political-gender-quotas-key-debates-and-values-for-myanmar-608330
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectGovernance and citizenship
dc.titlePolitical Gender Quotas: Key debates and values for Myanmaren_US
dc.typeDiscussion paperen_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.en_US
oxfam.subject.countryMyanmaren_US
oxfam.subject.keywordWomen's rightsen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordGender quotasen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordWomen's political participationen_US
dc.year.issuedate2016en_US
refterms.dateFOA2016-05-28T00:00:00Z


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