Women Achieve Parity in NWT Legislative Assembly Without Guaranteed Seats
- Autores: Julie Green
- Localización: Canadian parliamentary review, ISSN 0229-2548, Vol. 42, Nº. 4, 2019, págs. 3-5
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
In just one general election the Northwest Territories went from having the least representation by women in its Assembly to the most in the country. Moreover, women MLAs were elected to fill four of six cabinet positions and to be the premier. In this article, the author suggests these dramatic changes are a response, in part, to a significant discussion and debate members of the previous legislative assembly undertook to improve women’s participation and representation in the territory. She reviews the proposal for temporary special measures as a way to build representation, outlines other recommendations MLAs made to encourage more women to participate in territorial politics, and explains why this environment ultimately led many more women to put their names on the ballot in 2019.
