Julie Ballington
Biographic Data
| ID | 4248260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie Ballington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie |
| FAMILY NAME | Ballington |
| SIGNATURE | BALLINGTON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Turning the Tide on Violence against Women in Politics: How Are We Measuring Up
Violence against women in politics (VAWP) is a human rights violation, as it prevents the realization of political rights. Violence against women in political and public life can be understood as “any act or threat of gender-based violence, resulting in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering to women, that prevents them from exercising and realizing their political rights, whether in public or private spaces, including the right to vot…
Implementing Affirmative Action: Global Trends
This scoping article gives a global picture of dynamics, trends, policies and mechanisms for engaging with women's representation in political office. It discusses the kind of affirmative action introduced, and where it features vis-à-vis electoral cycles. It describes and compares candidate and reserved seats quotas and shows how electoral systems influence the possibilities of challenging power hierarchies in politics. The second part of the ar…
Women's parliamentary representation: The effect of list PR
Under a closed list proportional representation (PR) system, the composition of political party candidate lists can impact significantly on the composition of Parliament. The high representation of women in South Africa's national Parliament in 1994 was largely attributable to the African National Congress' adoption of a quota system guaranteeing that at least 30 per cent of their lists were comprised of women. This article begins by examining th…
Turning the Tide on Violence against Women in Politics: How Are We Measuring Up
Violence against women in politics (VAWP) is a human rights violation, as it prevents the realization of political rights. Violence against women in political and public life can be understood as “any act or threat of gender-based violence, resulting in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering to women, that prevents them from exercising and realizing their political rights, whether in public or private spaces, including the right to vot…
Women's parliamentary representation: The effect of list PR
Under a closed list proportional representation (PR) system, the composition of political party candidate lists can impact significantly on the composition of Parliament. The high representation of women in South Africa's national Parliament in 1994 was largely attributable to the African National Congress' adoption of a quota system guaranteeing that at least 30 per cent of their lists were comprised of women. This article begins by examining th…
Implementing Affirmative Action: Global Trends
This scoping article gives a global picture of dynamics, trends, policies and mechanisms for engaging with women's representation in political office. It discusses the kind of affirmative action introduced, and where it features vis-à-vis electoral cycles. It describes and compares candidate and reserved seats quotas and shows how electoral systems influence the possibilities of challenging power hierarchies in politics. The second part of the ar…
Women's parliamentary representation: The effect of list PR
Under a closed list proportional representation (PR) system, the composition of political party candidate lists can impact significantly on the composition of Parliament. The high representation of women in South Africa's national Parliament in 1994 was largely attributable to the African National Congress' adoption of a quota system guaranteeing that at least 30 per cent of their lists were comprised of women. This article begins by examining th…
Implementing Affirmative Action: Global Trends
This scoping article gives a global picture of dynamics, trends, policies and mechanisms for engaging with women's representation in political office. It discusses the kind of affirmative action introduced, and where it features vis-à-vis electoral cycles. It describes and compares candidate and reserved seats quotas and shows how electoral systems influence the possibilities of challenging power hierarchies in politics. The second part of the ar…
Turning the Tide on Violence against Women in Politics: How Are We Measuring Up
Violence against women in politics (VAWP) is a human rights violation, as it prevents the realization of political rights. Violence against women in political and public life can be understood as “any act or threat of gender-based violence, resulting in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering to women, that prevents them from exercising and realizing their political rights, whether in public or private spaces, including the right to vot…
Gender Politics and Representation (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Affirmative action (1 works)