L7 Gender sensitive parliaments

Question 1

Definition of GSP

Answer 1

a parliament which values and prioritises gender equality as a social, economic and political objective and reorients and transforms a parliaments institutional culture, processes and practices, and outputs towards these objectives.

Question 2

4 dimensions of GSP

Answer 2

1. equal representation (how MPs might be selected, elected to parliament, and how they are integrated into parliament’s core activities…)
2. infrastructure (buildings/furniture, official rules, working practices)
3. culture (informal/formal institutional norms, practices…)
4. gender equality policy/women’s substantive representation (subjecting the work to a gendered analysis - asks whether parliaments acknowledges perspectives/needs/interests)

Question 3

3 recommendations of the report

Answer 3

1. commitment to diverse artwork - 10 year rule
2. production of a diverse website
3. provision of more inclusionary social spaces

Question 4

Institutionalisation

Answer 4

Successful institutionalisation involves not only determining necessary reforms relevant to a particular Parliament and its circumstances but in identifying the actors and means through which reforms are implemented, and GSP Standards maintained. Parliament as an institution, both political and administrative, to work towards a GSP

Question 5

Vertical segregation

Answer 5

positions of power - dominant groups more represented ‘legislative seniority’

Question 6

Horizontal segregation

Answer 6

‘soft’ & ‘hard’ committees, links between membership of committees and identities….

Question 7

Mügge et al (2019) - analysis of PQs + committee membership (1995-2012 NL)

Answer 7

FME more likely to sit on committees that address concerns than EMM and FM, also table more questions

Question 8

Kigali Declaration 2022, 10 GSP acts for 2032

Answer 8

1. Undertake two GSP assessments
2. Create GSP Steering Committee
3. Prioritize the inclusion of under-
   represented women
4. Create, resource and empower a
   gender equality committee and a
   women’s caucus
5. Adopt formal rules for gender
   balance across all leadership
   positions/activities – no single
   sex committees or groups
6. Engage men as allies for gender
   equality
7. Ensure GSP, gender equality,
   gender mainstreaming and
   budgeting guide all
   parliamentary work
8. Conduct gender audits of
   legislative, budgetary and
   oversight & any reform initiatives
9. Becoming ’caring parliament’
10. Zero tolerance policies &
    sanctions for violence against
    women, sexual harassment &
    bullying