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Critical Actors and the Challenges in Mainstreaming Gender in Taiwan's Parliament
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract Taiwan is currently Asia's leader in gender equality on three indicators: Its national legislature comprises 42 percent women, the largest proportion among all Asian countries; it was the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage; and it has a popularly elected woman president not from a pol... mehr
Taiwan is currently Asia's leader in gender equality on three indicators: Its national legislature comprises 42 percent women, the largest proportion among all Asian countries; it was the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage; and it has a popularly elected woman president not from a politically established family. Despite these advances, efforts to make Taiwan's parliament gender-sensitive has encountered constraints. While new institutions were created to make the parliament a more gender-friendly workplace, little progress was made regarding gender mainstreaming in the legislative process. This article points out that parliamentary parties are missing actors in gender mainstreaming. The article concludes that unless all constitutional branches practice it, gender mainstreaming as a state strategy to promote gender equality remains challenging.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Gender; Gender Mainstreaming; soziale Bewegung; Frau; Parlament; Gleichstellung; Taiwan; Geschlechterverhältnis; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
gender‐sensitive parliament; parliamentary groups; women's movement
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2024
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 12 (2024)
Heftthema
Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)