Date of Completion
2015
Thesis Type
College of Arts and Science Honors
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Caroline Beer
Keywords
gender quotas, Latin America, women, gender violence
Abstract
During Latin America’s transition to democracy in the 1990s, women (and other traditionally marginalized groups) made new demands on their political system for better representation. To resolve issues of representation, legislative gender quotas were implemented across the region. Although twenty years have since passed, the impact of gender quotas is still under question. The current literature on gender quotas measures their impact on women’s political participation, descriptive representation, and symbolic representation. The current literature is inconclusive on what real impact gender quotas have on female citizens. I review how gender quotas impact gender violence legislation and conclude that there is a positive relationship between the strength of gender quotas and the strength of gender violence legislation. While the relationship is not especially strong, the relationship shows that gender quotas do make an impact in regard to gender violence legislation.
Recommended Citation
Hanks, Lexi, "Impact of Legislative Gender Quotas on Gender Violence Legislation in Latin America" (2015). UVM College of Arts and Sciences College Honors Theses. 20.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/castheses/20