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Franceschet, Susan. "State-Based Strategies for Improving Women's Political Representation in Latin America: Assessing the Results" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Le Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Mar 17, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p72917_index.html>

Franceschet, S. , 2004-03-17 "State-Based Strategies for Improving Women's Political Representation in Latin America: Assessing the Results" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Le Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p72917_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Women in Latin America have witnessed fairly substantial improvements in their formal status and rights in the last couple of decades, in large part because of the emergence of women's movements throughout the region in the 1980s. In many countries, laws have been changed to reverse centuries of gender-based discrimination. Despite such changes, however, women continue to be poorly represented in politics. In the paper, I argue that women's poor political representation in reflected in two ways: women are poorly represented numerically; and women's substantive interests are not adequately addressed by governments. The purpose of the paper is to outline and assess some of the strategies for improving the situation that have been adopted by various states in the region. In terms of improving women's numerical representation, twelve countries have created gender-based quotas for electoral politics. In terms of representing women's substantive interests, nineteen countries have created state agencies charged with addressing women's interests in public policy. Drawing on examples from a variety of Latin American countries, the paper provides an assessment of the effectiveness of these strategies. I argue that neither strategy is likely to succeed in improving women's equality in the absence of fairly profound changes to elitist conceptions of political representation which predominate throughout Latin America. Unless more space is created for organized women at the societal level to participate actively in defining the content of women's interests, then increasing the number of women in politics and creating state agencies for women's issues will have little positive impact on the lives of most women.

Changing Forms of Interest Intermediation: Popular Associations, Political Parties and the State in Latin America

Where Women Run: Gender, Political Parties, and State Legislative Elections