Content Categorized with "Women's Representation"
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International Women's Day: Time for Political Equality
- Posted: March 8, 2012
- Author(s): Lindsey Needham
- Categories: Home, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Women's Representation, FairVote
Today, March 8th, is International Women's Day! As we honor the accomplishments of women all over the world, FairVote takes a moment to investigate the lack of women in political office. What can we do to increase women's representation?
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Parity law adopted in Tunisia
- Posted: April 21, 2011
- Author(s): Arab Spring Series, Wael Abdel Hamid
- Categories: Home, Women's Representation, FairVote
After the political revolution that struck their country earlier this year, Tunisians are now experiencing a genuine revolution of the mind. In an earlier blog post, I worried about the length of time the Tunisian interim government was taking to implement key measures .However, recent developments have eased my fears considerably.
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Representation of Women in the Primaries
- Posted: June 10, 2010
- Author(s): Reshma Patil
- Categories: Home, Women's Representation
The GOP, The Grand Old Party, could be referred to as the men’s club. But women are slowly making their way into GOP ranks this primary season. But women are slowly making their way into GOP ranks this primary season. A number of Republican women ran well in the June 8 primaries, and several won their nominations or are favored in upcoming runoffs.
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The day FairVote decided to vote on lunch
- Posted: April 27, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Research & Analysis, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, Women's Representation, FairVote
Today, we could not decide on what to order and realizing that we are the voting system experts, we thought it would be great to cast votes before making any decision. Different systems can get different winners and this was a great opportunity to test their fairness and impact.
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French Regional elections: With "proportional" system, the devil is in the details...
- Posted: April 27, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, Women's Representation
On March 14th and 21st, French voters elected their 26 regional councils. A main point of interest, beyond the results, is how the semi-proportional system used for the regional elections distorts the electoral dynamics, and how well represented women are.
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Iraq’s 2010 Parliamentary Election - Part 4: Iraqi Women’s Political Reality
- Posted: March 22, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Home, Proportional Voting, Women's Representation, FairVote
This blog series on the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary elections is all about how Iraq has been working on building an inclusive, fair voting system. So far, the main focus has been on the Iraqi open-list form of proportional representation (PR), designed to overcome sectarian rifts and stabilize the country. It is now about time to take a closer look at women’s role in the Iraqi electoral process.
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Women in Congress