Gender

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13 , 5 , 2010

Gender

Introduction

Due to the low growth of women entering in the politics , people all around the world are suggesting different approaches to enhance the growth of women in the political sector . Applying quota system is one of the approaches . The initiation of quotas in legislation for women puts forward a policy of precise means and goals . Due to the system 's affectability and efficiency the masses think that this approach will increase the representation of women in the politics

. But these quota systems also face strong resilience and raise very serious questions How to execute the quota policy ? What happened to the countries who adopted the quota systems ? What arguments come up for the use of quotas

Justification

The main thought behind using the quota approach is to encourage women to participate more in politics and work in political positions and also see to that the women are not only a few tokens in the political scenario

Quotas ensure that women are entitled to have a specified percentage of the associates in the legislative body , whether it is a committee , an assembly or a government . Quota systems help to raise the representation of women in the political world to ensure that women are not left out or being isolated and are at the every step of the political systems (Niven , 1998

Pros of quota system

Quotas will help to minimize the stress faced by the already present token women in the...