Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Department
Political Science
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Does the amount of women in the legislature have an effect on the type of legislation passed? Wide variation exists in gender parity across countries; however, whether or not the amount of women in legislatures has an effect on the type of policy that is proposed and/or passed by the government is largely overlooked. In this analysis, I analyze the percentage of women in the legislature and six measures of women’s rights in 139 countries. I have found that there exists a small positive statistical relationship between the percentage of women in the lower legislature and the more legislation passed that benefits women in the country.
Advisor(s) or Committee Chair
Dr. Timothy Rich
Disciplines
Comparative Politics | Political Science | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Recommended Citation
Gribbins, Elizabeth, "Gendered Legislation: Effects of Percentages of Females in Legislatures on Policy" (2015). Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 559.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/stu_hon_theses/559
Included in
Comparative Politics Commons, Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons