Women, Parliament and the media
"This paper is concerned with women parliamentarians. It discusses the way they are portrayed in the media and whether a shift has occurred from a focus on women as political novelties, with much interest devoted to their appearance, family life and housekeeping skills, to women politicians being taken more seriously and treated in largely the same manner as their male colleagues. This paper also compares the different ways political parties have responded to the unequal partifipation of women in parliament, notably their attitude to the use of quotas. It examines the barriers that hinder women's entry into politics, especially in the context of the 2007 NSW election. How many women were preselected? Were they preselected to marginal or safe seats? How many were successful in their bid for election?"--Page 1
Print Book, English, 2007
NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, [Sydney], 2007