Women, Public Life and Democracy

Joni Lovenduski is Anniversary Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2007 and was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2009. She is Chair of the Editorial Board of Political Quarterly and a member of the editorial boards of British Politics, The British Journal of Political Science and French Politics. She is co-editor of Women, Public Life and Democracy (Pluto Press, 2003). Rosie Campbell is a professor of politics at Birkbeck, University of London. She is co-editor of Women, Public Life and Democracy (Pluto Press, 2003). Jacqui Sampson-Jacent has been the Clerk of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago since 1995. She is co-editor of Women, Public Life and Democracy (Pluto Press, 2003).

1. Introduction, Setting out the Terms 2. The Role of Parliamentarians 3. Representation without the Incumbency Barrier: The Example of Scotland 4. Waving Goodbye to Dinosaurs: The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition 5. Making Parliamentarians Listen to Women Voters and Getting Women Elected 6. The Beijing Process 7. Gender Mainstreaming 8. Affirmative Action - Help or Hindrance? 9. Education and Sex Equality 10. Equalising Access to Care and Services 11. The Nordic Model: The Example of Finland 12. Equality Policy: The Example of Malaysia 13. The Implementation of Equal Rights Legislation 14. Does Size Matter? Sex equality in Small States 15. How Can NGOs Lobby for Change? A Users Guide 16. Improving Access to Credit, Technology and Business 17. Can the Media be Resexed? 18. Conclusions Appendix 1: What works and what does not for women in politics? A Commonwealth perspective. Appendix 2: Institutional framework for mainstreaming gender in Public Service personnel management. Appendix 3: Affirmative Action in the Commonwealth Secretariat Appendix 4: List of Delegates Appendix 5: Conference Programme