A new vision of Ukrainian politics or another political trick: reflections on the role of the electoral quota for women in Ukraine and its results
The goal of this paper is to analyse the state of women representation in the political environment in Ukraine before and after the adoption of the obligatory 30% quota, as well as to consider the attitude of the society regarding the introduction of such electoral quotas for women in general. The i...
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
2015-12-01
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| description | The goal of this paper is to analyse the state of women representation in the political environment in Ukraine before and after the adoption of the obligatory 30% quota, as well as to consider the attitude of the society regarding the introduction of such electoral quotas for women in general. The issue of electoral quotas for women is not new for the international community and especially for Europe. However, in Ukraine it has never had due attention: it was ignored both by the legislator and civil society. The year 2015 brought about significant changes in the country and this question was included on the agenda of the Parliament. As a result, the law Ukraine “On Local Elections” of 14.07.2015 has established an obligatory 30% quota for the representatives of one gender to be in stock in the party list. Nevertheless, one can still question whether the legislator has done everything to provide the real gender equality or this has been nothing more than another PR action. Based on the course of the local elections in 2015 and its results, I argue that this time such electoral quota is only political fiction and it is not aimed at achieving fundamental changes in the structure of the political system of the country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d201b92cc94e42edbfc7cb8875554a6e2022-12-22T03:46:35ZengAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of IasiEastern Journal of European Studies2068-651X2068-66332015-12-0162131158A new vision of Ukrainian politics or another political trick: reflections on the role of the electoral quota for women in Ukraine and its resultsLiliia ANTONIUK0Rommerio University, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv, UkraineThe goal of this paper is to analyse the state of women representation in the political environment in Ukraine before and after the adoption of the obligatory 30% quota, as well as to consider the attitude of the society regarding the introduction of such electoral quotas for women in general. The issue of electoral quotas for women is not new for the international community and especially for Europe. However, in Ukraine it has never had due attention: it was ignored both by the legislator and civil society. The year 2015 brought about significant changes in the country and this question was included on the agenda of the Parliament. As a result, the law Ukraine “On Local Elections” of 14.07.2015 has established an obligatory 30% quota for the representatives of one gender to be in stock in the party list. Nevertheless, one can still question whether the legislator has done everything to provide the real gender equality or this has been nothing more than another PR action. Based on the course of the local elections in 2015 and its results, I argue that this time such electoral quota is only political fiction and it is not aimed at achieving fundamental changes in the structure of the political system of the country.http://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2015_0602_ANT.pdfelectionselectoral quotaswomen in politicsgender equalityUkrainereformation |
| spellingShingle | Liliia ANTONIUK A new vision of Ukrainian politics or another political trick: reflections on the role of the electoral quota for women in Ukraine and its results Eastern Journal of European Studies elections electoral quotas women in politics gender equality Ukraine reformation |
| title | A new vision of Ukrainian politics or another political trick: reflections on the role of the electoral quota for women in Ukraine and its results |
| title_full | A new vision of Ukrainian politics or another political trick: reflections on the role of the electoral quota for women in Ukraine and its results |
| title_fullStr | A new vision of Ukrainian politics or another political trick: reflections on the role of the electoral quota for women in Ukraine and its results |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new vision of Ukrainian politics or another political trick: reflections on the role of the electoral quota for women in Ukraine and its results |
| title_short | A new vision of Ukrainian politics or another political trick: reflections on the role of the electoral quota for women in Ukraine and its results |
| title_sort | new vision of ukrainian politics or another political trick reflections on the role of the electoral quota for women in ukraine and its results |
| topic | elections electoral quotas women in politics gender equality Ukraine reformation |
| url | http://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2015_0602_ANT.pdf |
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