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Insiders and Outsiders: Feminists in the Academy Influencing Gender‐Sensitive Parliamentary Change
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Abstract While the idea of a gender-sensitive parliament is over 20 years old (Childs & Palmieri, 2023), institutional reforms in the name of gender equality have been slow to materialise around the world. Where change has occurred, it appears to have been catalysed by a limited range of -sometimes confluent... view more
While the idea of a gender-sensitive parliament is over 20 years old (Childs & Palmieri, 2023), institutional reforms in the name of gender equality have been slow to materialise around the world. Where change has occurred, it appears to have been catalysed by a limited range of -sometimes confluent - factors including the public airing of allegations of sexual misconduct in the #MeToo era, the increasing salience of gender-sensitive parliament international norms, and the role of feminists in the academy. Celis and Childs (2020) identify feminist academic critical actors as those who rather than simply researching parliamentary change, explicitly undertake institutional (re)design and (re)building work (see also Childs, 2024). In this article, we uncover the work undertaken by feminists in an Australian academic institution to support the 2021 independent inquiry of the Australian Human Rights Commission into Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces. This work - undertaken by the authors as both insiders and outsiders - informed the analysis and recommendations in the Australian Human Rights Commission's report, and since its launch, has also kept pressure on the various bodies entrusted with implementing gender-sensitive changes. We argue that feminists in the academy are uniquely positioned to navigate insider and outsider roles in support of gender-sensitive parliamentary reform.... view less
Keywords
feminism; gender-specific factors; equality; political reform; parliament; affirmative action
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
#MeToo; academia; critical actors; gender equality; parliamentary reform
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Journal
Politics and Governance, 12 (2024)
Issue topic
Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed