Malliga Och
Biographic Data
| ID | 1379634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malliga Och |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malliga |
| FAMILY NAME | Och |
| SIGNATURE | OCH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Idaho State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5756-7647 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Gender, family status, and parliamentary careers in the German Bundestag
This study tackles several important unanswered questions about gender, family status, and parliamentary representation. We use the case of the German Bundestag to explore gender gaps in family status among elected politicians and subsequently to ask whether and how parenthood affects MPs' advancement in their political careers. Using an original dataset of biographical details for German MPs from 1994 to 2017, we find gender gaps in both marital…
Understanding Cedaw Cities: A Descriptive Analysis
The United States is only one of eight countries, and the only Western democracy, that has not ratified the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Due to the failure of the US to ratify CEDAW, the Cities for CEDAW campaign encourages US municipalities to adopt the CEDAW framework locally through municipal ordinances and resolutions. This article provides a descriptive overview of CEDAW cities. Our…
Crisis, Gender Role Congruency, and Perceptions of Executive Leadership
At a time of pandemics, international economic downturns, and increasing environmental threats due to climate change, countries around the world are facing numerous crises. What impact might we expect these crises to have on the already common perception that executive leadership is a masculine domain? For years, women executives’ ability to lead has been questioned (Jalalzai 2013). However, the outbreak of COVID-19 brought headlines like CNN’s “…
Politicking while Female: The Political Lives of Women
More Than Just Moral Urbanism? The Incorporation of Cedaw Principles into Local Governance Structures in the United States
The United States is one of only six countries and the only advanced industrialized democracy that has not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Established in 2013, the Cities for CEDAW campaign encourages US municipalities to become a CEDAW City by incorporating the principles of the convention—elimination of sex-based discrimination and promotion of substantive equality—into municipal …
The 2021 federal German election: A gender and intersectional analysis
On 26 September 2021, Germans elected the 20th Bundestag. This election was special in many ways. The article analyses the electoral campaign, voting behaviour, turnout, and the formation of a new coalition government by using a gender and intersectional lens. Against the conceptual background of descriptive, substantive, and symbolic representation, we outline the implications of the election for gender and intersectional politics in the new Ger…
Women Representatives, Left–Right Ideology and Gendered Pathways to Parliament in Asia and Europe
This article explores whether women political representatives from right-leaning and left-leaning parties differ significantly in their professional backgrounds. Using data collected from parliamentary websites on the demographics of individual members of parliament ( MP s) in Germany, Austria, South Korea, and Japan, we compare partisan differences in background characteristics (education, occupation, ages, and legislative committee appointments…
Feminism, identities, and the substantive representation of women on the right – crafting a global dialogue
Conservative parties across the globe are confronted with how to respond to feminist demands both from within their own parties, competing parties, and from civil society. This Dialogue section illustrates how conservative parties across the Global North and the Global South respond to feminist demands by co-opting or resisting feminist ideas with conservative values in political discourse and policy initiatives
Squaring the feminist circle. Feminist labels vs. feminist behavior in the German Christian Democratic Union
The German Christian Democratic Party has emerged as a new feminist space within German politics, characterized by a strong backing of feminist claims and a simultaneous rejection of the feminist label. Instead, Frauen Union members refer to feminist issues in a variety of different terms such as Querschnittsaufgabe (cross-cutting policy issue) and express long-standing stereotypes of feminists such as man hating or bra-burning women, while simul…
Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: Subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during Covid-19
This article analyses how women governors, mayors, and local elected officials promoted public health and social protection in countries where men chief executives failed to take steps to contain the virus. We focus on adverse circumstances in six cases: Brazil, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, and India. While individual women may not see their leadership in feminist terms, their pandemic response contrasted with men chief exec…
Sell-Outs or Warriors for Change? A Comparative Look at Rightist, Political Women in Democracies
Feminist scholars and activists alike have asked for decades whether a democracy that excludes women from participating equally in democratic decision-making structures can be considered legitimate
Manterrupting in the German Bundestag: Gendered Opposition to Female Members of Parliament
The problem of manterrupting, i.e. men interrupting women to take control of a conversation, claiming superior knowledge, or discrediting women's arguments, has garnered major attention in social and traditional media. Yet scholarly accounts of gendered speech interruption patterns in parliamentary debates are less common. In this article, I argue that manterrupting can be considered a form of resistance against women in politics and, in its wors…
Early birds, short tenures, and the double squeeze: How gender and age intersect with parliamentary representation
The gender and age composition of a parliament impacts who is descriptively represented and marginalized and what types of policy ideas and solutions are brought forward or excluded. While important for both descriptive and substantive representation, scholarship on the intersection of gender and age in parliaments has thus far been limited. To broaden our understanding, we conducted a large-scale cross-sectional analysis of the gender and ages o…
Conservative Feminists? An Exploration of Feminist Arguments in Parliamentary Debates of the Bundestag1
Past studies have shown that conservative governments and parties are unlikely places for women's representation, especially for feminist policy adoption. Contrary to existing studies, this article argues that conservative governments can be places for feminist interests' representation. To demonstrate this, I analyse the parliamentary discourse surrounding two instances of feminist policy adoption under Germany's conservative government in 2006 …
The local diffusion of international human rights norms – understanding the cities for Cedaw campaign
While the international human rights norm literature has revolved mainly around the diffusion and implementation of human rights at the national and global level, less is known how international human rights norms are adopted on the local level. To fill this gap, this article will focus on the Cities for Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) campaign which encourages cities in the United States to adop…
Gender, Intersections, and Institutions. Intersectional Groups Building Alliances and Gaining Voice in Germany
Gender, Intersections, and Institutions. Intersectional Groups Building Alliances and Gaining Voice in Germany." German Politics, 27(2), pp. 290–291
Womenomics under Abe's Leadership Signs of Feminisation of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party
Japanese Prime Minister Abe is known for his efforts to advance gender equality through womenomics. This seems to put Japan in line with other countries where conservative leaders have embraced gender equality to win back young and female voters and to modernise the image of conservative parties. While electoral calculation drives feminisation in the majority of cases, we argue that this is not the case in Japan. Instead, economic and internation…
Talking about my generation and class? Unpacking the descriptive representation of women in Asian parliaments
Manterrupting in the German Bundestag: Gendered Opposition to Female Members of Parliament
The problem of manterrupting, i.e. men interrupting women to take control of a conversation, claiming superior knowledge, or discrediting women's arguments, has garnered major attention in social and traditional media. Yet scholarly accounts of gendered speech interruption patterns in parliamentary debates are less common. In this article, I argue that manterrupting can be considered a form of resistance against women in politics and, in its wors…
Crisis, Gender Role Congruency, and Perceptions of Executive Leadership
At a time of pandemics, international economic downturns, and increasing environmental threats due to climate change, countries around the world are facing numerous crises. What impact might we expect these crises to have on the already common perception that executive leadership is a masculine domain? For years, women executives’ ability to lead has been questioned (Jalalzai 2013). However, the outbreak of COVID-19 brought headlines like CNN’s “…
Early birds, short tenures, and the double squeeze: How gender and age intersect with parliamentary representation
The gender and age composition of a parliament impacts who is descriptively represented and marginalized and what types of policy ideas and solutions are brought forward or excluded. While important for both descriptive and substantive representation, scholarship on the intersection of gender and age in parliaments has thus far been limited. To broaden our understanding, we conducted a large-scale cross-sectional analysis of the gender and ages o…
Talking about my generation and class? Unpacking the descriptive representation of women in Asian parliaments
The local diffusion of international human rights norms – understanding the cities for Cedaw campaign
While the international human rights norm literature has revolved mainly around the diffusion and implementation of human rights at the national and global level, less is known how international human rights norms are adopted on the local level. To fill this gap, this article will focus on the Cities for Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) campaign which encourages cities in the United States to adop…
Sell-Outs or Warriors for Change? A Comparative Look at Rightist, Political Women in Democracies
Feminist scholars and activists alike have asked for decades whether a democracy that excludes women from participating equally in democratic decision-making structures can be considered legitimate
Conservative Feminists? An Exploration of Feminist Arguments in Parliamentary Debates of the Bundestag1
Past studies have shown that conservative governments and parties are unlikely places for women's representation, especially for feminist policy adoption. Contrary to existing studies, this article argues that conservative governments can be places for feminist interests' representation. To demonstrate this, I analyse the parliamentary discourse surrounding two instances of feminist policy adoption under Germany's conservative government in 2006 …
Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: Subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during Covid-19
This article analyses how women governors, mayors, and local elected officials promoted public health and social protection in countries where men chief executives failed to take steps to contain the virus. We focus on adverse circumstances in six cases: Brazil, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, and India. While individual women may not see their leadership in feminist terms, their pandemic response contrasted with men chief exec…
The 2021 federal German election: A gender and intersectional analysis
On 26 September 2021, Germans elected the 20th Bundestag. This election was special in many ways. The article analyses the electoral campaign, voting behaviour, turnout, and the formation of a new coalition government by using a gender and intersectional lens. Against the conceptual background of descriptive, substantive, and symbolic representation, we outline the implications of the election for gender and intersectional politics in the new Ger…
Gender, Intersections, and Institutions. Intersectional Groups Building Alliances and Gaining Voice in Germany
Gender, Intersections, and Institutions. Intersectional Groups Building Alliances and Gaining Voice in Germany." German Politics, 27(2), pp. 290–291
Gender, family status, and parliamentary careers in the German Bundestag
This study tackles several important unanswered questions about gender, family status, and parliamentary representation. We use the case of the German Bundestag to explore gender gaps in family status among elected politicians and subsequently to ask whether and how parenthood affects MPs' advancement in their political careers. Using an original dataset of biographical details for German MPs from 1994 to 2017, we find gender gaps in both marital…
Feminism, identities, and the substantive representation of women on the right – crafting a global dialogue
Conservative parties across the globe are confronted with how to respond to feminist demands both from within their own parties, competing parties, and from civil society. This Dialogue section illustrates how conservative parties across the Global North and the Global South respond to feminist demands by co-opting or resisting feminist ideas with conservative values in political discourse and policy initiatives
More Than Just Moral Urbanism? The Incorporation of Cedaw Principles into Local Governance Structures in the United States
The United States is one of only six countries and the only advanced industrialized democracy that has not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Established in 2013, the Cities for CEDAW campaign encourages US municipalities to become a CEDAW City by incorporating the principles of the convention—elimination of sex-based discrimination and promotion of substantive equality—into municipal …
Womenomics under Abe's Leadership Signs of Feminisation of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party
Japanese Prime Minister Abe is known for his efforts to advance gender equality through womenomics. This seems to put Japan in line with other countries where conservative leaders have embraced gender equality to win back young and female voters and to modernise the image of conservative parties. While electoral calculation drives feminisation in the majority of cases, we argue that this is not the case in Japan. Instead, economic and internation…
Talking about my generation and class? Unpacking the descriptive representation of women in Asian parliaments
The local diffusion of international human rights norms – understanding the cities for Cedaw campaign
While the international human rights norm literature has revolved mainly around the diffusion and implementation of human rights at the national and global level, less is known how international human rights norms are adopted on the local level. To fill this gap, this article will focus on the Cities for Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) campaign which encourages cities in the United States to adop…
Gender, Intersections, and Institutions. Intersectional Groups Building Alliances and Gaining Voice in Germany
Gender, Intersections, and Institutions. Intersectional Groups Building Alliances and Gaining Voice in Germany." German Politics, 27(2), pp. 290–291
Womenomics under Abe's Leadership Signs of Feminisation of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party
Japanese Prime Minister Abe is known for his efforts to advance gender equality through womenomics. This seems to put Japan in line with other countries where conservative leaders have embraced gender equality to win back young and female voters and to modernise the image of conservative parties. While electoral calculation drives feminisation in the majority of cases, we argue that this is not the case in Japan. Instead, economic and internation…
Early birds, short tenures, and the double squeeze: How gender and age intersect with parliamentary representation
The gender and age composition of a parliament impacts who is descriptively represented and marginalized and what types of policy ideas and solutions are brought forward or excluded. While important for both descriptive and substantive representation, scholarship on the intersection of gender and age in parliaments has thus far been limited. To broaden our understanding, we conducted a large-scale cross-sectional analysis of the gender and ages o…
Conservative Feminists? An Exploration of Feminist Arguments in Parliamentary Debates of the Bundestag1
Past studies have shown that conservative governments and parties are unlikely places for women's representation, especially for feminist policy adoption. Contrary to existing studies, this article argues that conservative governments can be places for feminist interests' representation. To demonstrate this, I analyse the parliamentary discourse surrounding two instances of feminist policy adoption under Germany's conservative government in 2006 …
Sell-Outs or Warriors for Change? A Comparative Look at Rightist, Political Women in Democracies
Feminist scholars and activists alike have asked for decades whether a democracy that excludes women from participating equally in democratic decision-making structures can be considered legitimate
Manterrupting in the German Bundestag: Gendered Opposition to Female Members of Parliament
The problem of manterrupting, i.e. men interrupting women to take control of a conversation, claiming superior knowledge, or discrediting women's arguments, has garnered major attention in social and traditional media. Yet scholarly accounts of gendered speech interruption patterns in parliamentary debates are less common. In this article, I argue that manterrupting can be considered a form of resistance against women in politics and, in its wors…
Women Representatives, Left–Right Ideology and Gendered Pathways to Parliament in Asia and Europe
This article explores whether women political representatives from right-leaning and left-leaning parties differ significantly in their professional backgrounds. Using data collected from parliamentary websites on the demographics of individual members of parliament ( MP s) in Germany, Austria, South Korea, and Japan, we compare partisan differences in background characteristics (education, occupation, ages, and legislative committee appointments…
Feminism, identities, and the substantive representation of women on the right – crafting a global dialogue
Conservative parties across the globe are confronted with how to respond to feminist demands both from within their own parties, competing parties, and from civil society. This Dialogue section illustrates how conservative parties across the Global North and the Global South respond to feminist demands by co-opting or resisting feminist ideas with conservative values in political discourse and policy initiatives
Squaring the feminist circle. Feminist labels vs. feminist behavior in the German Christian Democratic Union
The German Christian Democratic Party has emerged as a new feminist space within German politics, characterized by a strong backing of feminist claims and a simultaneous rejection of the feminist label. Instead, Frauen Union members refer to feminist issues in a variety of different terms such as Querschnittsaufgabe (cross-cutting policy issue) and express long-standing stereotypes of feminists such as man hating or bra-burning women, while simul…
Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: Subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during Covid-19
This article analyses how women governors, mayors, and local elected officials promoted public health and social protection in countries where men chief executives failed to take steps to contain the virus. We focus on adverse circumstances in six cases: Brazil, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, and India. While individual women may not see their leadership in feminist terms, their pandemic response contrasted with men chief exec…
More Than Just Moral Urbanism? The Incorporation of Cedaw Principles into Local Governance Structures in the United States
The United States is one of only six countries and the only advanced industrialized democracy that has not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Established in 2013, the Cities for CEDAW campaign encourages US municipalities to become a CEDAW City by incorporating the principles of the convention—elimination of sex-based discrimination and promotion of substantive equality—into municipal …
The 2021 federal German election: A gender and intersectional analysis
On 26 September 2021, Germans elected the 20th Bundestag. This election was special in many ways. The article analyses the electoral campaign, voting behaviour, turnout, and the formation of a new coalition government by using a gender and intersectional lens. Against the conceptual background of descriptive, substantive, and symbolic representation, we outline the implications of the election for gender and intersectional politics in the new Ger…
Crisis, Gender Role Congruency, and Perceptions of Executive Leadership
At a time of pandemics, international economic downturns, and increasing environmental threats due to climate change, countries around the world are facing numerous crises. What impact might we expect these crises to have on the already common perception that executive leadership is a masculine domain? For years, women executives’ ability to lead has been questioned (Jalalzai 2013). However, the outbreak of COVID-19 brought headlines like CNN’s “…
Politicking while Female: The Political Lives of Women
Gender, family status, and parliamentary careers in the German Bundestag
This study tackles several important unanswered questions about gender, family status, and parliamentary representation. We use the case of the German Bundestag to explore gender gaps in family status among elected politicians and subsequently to ask whether and how parenthood affects MPs' advancement in their political careers. Using an original dataset of biographical details for German MPs from 1994 to 2017, we find gender gaps in both marital…
Understanding Cedaw Cities: A Descriptive Analysis
The United States is only one of eight countries, and the only Western democracy, that has not ratified the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Due to the failure of the US to ratify CEDAW, the Cities for CEDAW campaign encourages US municipalities to adopt the CEDAW framework locally through municipal ordinances and resolutions. This article provides a descriptive overview of CEDAW cities. Our…
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