POL 501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Constitution Of Rwanda, Parental Leave, Simone De Beauvoir

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 501
• Professor: Patricia O' Reilly

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Women, power & politics (cid:498)imagine that your country has 100% women in its parliament or national legislature . Now add 5% men back into the legislature . Are you comfortable yet? paxton and hughes p. xiv. Mao tse tung used the slogan (cid:494)women hold up half the sky(cid:495) to promote the equality of women as part of his larger goal to restructured chinese. Society while they may hold up half the sky, women are not consistently rewarded or acknowledged for their work. henderson and jeydel p. xi. Women make up only 20% of the worldwide average in national parliaments. Women hold only 13 positions of head of government in 190 countries of the world. Women are 15% ambassadors to the united nations. Women hold (cid:883)7% of the world(cid:495)s cabinet minister positions key positions of. Compare this to the fact that women make up 50% of the population of all power. countries in the world. Women have been gaining ground in public representation.