Title: Quota as empowerment : the use of reserved seats in Union Parishad as an instrument for women's political empowerment in Bangladesh

Authors: Frankl, Emma

Place: Stockholm

Publisher: Stockholm university. Department of political science

Year: 2004

Journal: Working paper series / The research program on gender quotas

Volume: 2004:3

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, affirmative action programmes, political participation, local government, bangladesh

Abstract: This study on the implications of the use of reserved seats in Bangladesh in terms of women’s political empowerment looks at 2 research questions: how does the system of reserved seats in UP work in practice and what is the relation between the reservations system in UP and women’s capacity to act?

URL: http://www.statsvet.su.se/quotas/emma_frankl_wps_2004_3.pdf

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