1. Ahern, Patricia, Paul Nuti and Julia M. Masterson. Promoting Gender Equity in the Democratic Process: Women’s Paths to Political Participation and Decisionmaking. International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). 2000.
This is a synthesis paper on organizations and community groups that promote good governance including the full involvement of women in political and economic arenas.
The focus was on Promoting Women in Development (PROWID) projects.
2. Barriteau, Eudine. Engendering Local Government in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Working Paper No. 1. Centre for Gender and Development Studies. Forthcoming 2004.
3. Beilstein, Janet C. Women in Decision-Making: Progress Towards a Critical Mass.
Paper for SADC regional Parliamentary Seminar in cooperation with UNDP. Cape Town, South Africa, September, pp. 1-4.
4. The Caribbean Association for Feminist Research (CAFRA). Women in Politics. CAFRA News (Vol. 17. NO 2. July-December 2003).
In this edition of CAFRA News, the focus is on women in politics. Included are articles, specials features on women politicians and decision makers.
5. Cantor, Dorothy W., Tony Barney and Jane Stoess. Women in Power: The Secrets of Leadership. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
This book is an examination of women in power. The authors interviewed 25 prominent American female politicians to identify common traits that led to their success.
6. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Women and Men in the Caribbean Community: Facts and Figures, 1980-2001. Georgetown Guyana. June 2003. Prepared and Compiled by Statistics Sub-Programme, Information and Communication Programme of CARICOM.
The report brings together statistics and indicators on key social and gender issues of particular concern to the CARICOM Region. It is the first report of its kind for the region that seeks to highlight the emerging issues, through a systematic presentation of statistics, and the first in a series of biennial reports that will compile and present gender-sensitive statistics on key emerging social issues in the region. Available in pdf. format: http://www.caricomstats.org/caricomreportpub.htm
7. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Women and Men in CARICOM Member States: Power and Decision Making 1980-2002. Georgetown Guyana. June 2003. Prepared and Compiled by Statistics Sub-Programme, Information and Communication Programme of CARICOM.
This publication seeks to give, within the limitations of the data, the status of the situation in Member States with respect to the nature of the inequality that exists in specific areas of the policy and decision-making process and an estimate of how close the Region is to achieving the goal of 30 percent participation of women in decision-making by 2005. The tables include: Parliamentary Assemblies, Public Order and Safety Occupations, Senior Level Positions in the Government Service and Managerial and Other Professional occupations. Available via the Internet: http://www.caricomstats.org/pdmpub.html
8. Caribbean Regional Symposium. Engendering Local Government. Report Co-sponsored by Gender and Youth Affairs Division (GYAD) of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), Caribbean Association of Local Government Authorities (CALGA), Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA), Ministries Responsible for Local Government and Women’s Affairs, St. Lucia. 30 June – 3 July 1997. This report summarizes the papers and reports presented and the discussions held, and presents the recommendations agreed at the Symposium. This document is available in pdf. format: http://www.thecommonwealth.org/shared_asp_files/uploadedfiles/{AFEA35EA-8F55-47B4-ABBD-916F51ABF8EB}_caribbean.pdf
9. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Women in Parliaments and Legislatures of the Caribbean.
This publication provides data on the number of women in parliament as of August 2004.
This document is available in pdf format via the CPA website: http://www.cpahq.org/topics/women/
10. Commonwealth Secretariat Gender and Youth Affairs Division (GYAD).
Gender-sensitizing Parliaments in the Commonwealth. Back ground paper prepared by GYAD. This paper was presented at the 47th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Annual Conference in Canberra, Australia 4-15 September 2001.
This paper focuses attention on the kinds of changes that women, acting in partnership with men, have made to public policy in the Commonwealth through the political and parliamentary process. Agencies involved include governments, opposition parties, nongovernmental and community-based organisations, academic institutions, the media, civil society in its broadest sense, the private sector and international organisations, among others. This paper is available in pdf format: http://www.thecommonwealth.org/shared_asp_files/uploadedfiles/{81AEE228-3CB5-41E8-905F-414E3D95C525}_CPA%20politics%20paper.pdf
11. Commonwealth Secretariat. Advancing Gender Equality in the
Commonwealth. This paper was presented at the Commonwealth Workshop on Gender and Democracy at Windhoek 9-11 February 2000.
12. Cowell-Meyers, Kimberly. Women Legislators in Northern Ireland: Gender and Politics in the New Legislative Assembly. Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics, School of Politics, Queens. Occasional paper # 3. 2003. The author analyses whether an increase in the descriptive representation of women means an increase in the substantive representation of women. Using data drawn from interviews with 27 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in Northern Ireland in 2001, comparisons are made between male and female MLAs on the following: their attitudes towards representation, the issues that concern them, and their perception of the role of women in society. This study concludes that male and female MLAs do not differ significantly in their interests and concerns or their styles of public representation. These finding may be explained by the absence of a critical mass of women MLAs and by the specifics of this particular political transition.
13. Dahlerup, Drude. "From a Small to Large Minority: Women in Scandinavian Politics." Scandinavian Political Studies 11: 275 – 297. 1988.
The author looks at six areas for which an increase in the proportion of the minority might lead to changes in political culture, political discourse, or reaction to women as politicians. The article suggests that the concept of the critical mass is replaced by one of critical acts.
14. Directorate of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Improvement of Antigua and Barbuda. "Women in Politics in Antigua and Barbuda: We Will Get There." WIPA Newsletter. Volume 1 No. 2/3. February/March 2003.
This issue of the WIPA Newsletter includes information on Antigua and Barbuda’s constitutional reform process and efforts to include gender equality in the Constitution.
15. Directorate of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Improvement of Antigua and Barbuda. Workshop on Gender and the Constitution. 2002.
This document provides information on the Directorate’s workshop on gender and the constitution held on 26 October 2002.
16. Directorate of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Improvement of Antigua and Barbuda. From House to House: Women’s Political Participation Workshop Report. 2002.
This is a workshop report on the Directorate’s women’s political participation project. The presentation of this workshop report was made on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2002.
17. Directorate of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Improvement of Antigua and Barbuda. From House to House: Report on the Training of Trainers Workshop Held at the Sand Piper’s Resort on July 13th 2002.
This is a report on a workshop focusing on training on women in governance and democracy
18. Dodson, Debra. How to Create a Gender Balance in Political Decision-
Making. Brussels: European Commission.
19. Dollar, David. Governance and Social Justice in Caribbean States.
World Bank. Report No. 20449-LAC. June 2000.
This report focuses on the variables that result in democratic governance in Caribbean States. The author argues that good governance and good social outcomes are mutually reinforcing, as are poor governance and poor social outcomes. He notes that findings on governance research show that the participation of women in governance leads to more effective government and lower levels of corruption.
20. Duncan, Neville and Kenneth O’Brien. "Women and Politics in Barbados 1948-1981."
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) 1983 V.2. Women in the Caribbean Project.
This gives information on the development of the political system with special concentration on the participation of women. Legislative barriers to the participation of women are identified, in terms of representation in government bodies. Attached are appendices which give a listing of women who have participated in the different organs of government between 1951 – 1981. An interview with the first female Parliamentary Secretary is also included
21. ECLAC. Mexico City Consensus. Ninth Session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Conference Room Paper DSC/1/Rev.1
21 June 2004.
22. Inter-Parliamentary Union. Women in Parliament. Geneva: IPU.
This is a web-based resource of data on the percentage of women in each National Parliament and regional parliamentary assemblies. The data is based on information provided by the National Parliaments by 31 May 2004. This resource can be access via the Internet: http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm
23. The Case of the Jamaica Women’s Political Caucus, 1989-1998. 23-26 November, 1998. Paper presented at the Caribbean Regional Symposium on Gender Politics, Peace and Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
This is a discussion paper on the Jamaica Women’s Political Caucus (JWPC). The JWPC seeks to improve the quality and quantity of female representation at the highest levels of political decision-making in Jamaica.
24. Jones, Kathleen B. Compassionate Authority: Democracy and the Representation of Women. London and New York: Routledge, 1993.
This book challenges the conventional formulations of authority in political
theory. Questions relating to feminist theory and feminist interpretive strategies are tackled.
25. Karl, Marilee, Women and Empowerment: Participation and Decision Making. London and New Jersey: Zed Books. 1995.
This book draws on a variety of sources, from UN documents to personal interviews to informational material provided by NGOs, to form a history of women’s involvement in politics at all levels including government, trade unions, NGOs, local communities and the UN. Insight into how to grant women a fair share of power in decision-making is also provided.
26. Lovenduski, Joni and Pippa Norris. Eds. Gender and Party Politics. London:
Sage. 1994.
This book brings together the work of experts on gender and politics in 11 liberal democracies. This book shows that the knowledge about the interaction between gender and party politics is of central importance to both the understanding of the political status of women and to the analysis of political parties.
27. Lovenduski, Joni, Rosie Campbell and Jacqui Sampson-Jacent. Eds. Women, Public Life and Democracy: Changing Commonwealth Parliamentary Perspectives. (Commonwealth Parliamentary Association). Pluto Press: 2003.
The authors explore what the Commonwealth has done to make parliaments more accessible to women in the new millennium. A comprehensive description of women’s rights in the Commonwealth’s diverse cultural and social groupings, is provided.
28. Mana N. Htun, "Moving into Power : Expanding Women's Opportunities
for Leadership in Latin America and the Carribbean", Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
http://www.iadb.org/sds/doc/Prolead-MovingIntoPower-E.pdf
29. Myers, Roxanne. Presentation: Summary of Survey Findings on
Women’s Perception of Women in Politics in Guyana. NDI. Latin America and the Caribbean: Guyana: Fifty-Fifty Increasing Women’s Political Participation Caribbean Conference. May 2003.
This is a summary of survey findings. The survey was conducted in Guyana
In February 2003. Two-thirds of the sample comprised community activists. The trades union sector was the least represented. This document is accessible via the Internet: http://www.ndi.org/worldwide/lac/guyana/women_elect/womens_elect.asp
30. Myers, Roxanne. Increasing Women’s Political Participation: National Survey on Public Perceptions of Women in Politics. NDI/USAID: May 2003.
This document is accessible via the Internet: http://www.ndi.org/worldwide/lac/guyana/women_elect/womens_elect.asp
NDI. Resolutions of Delegates of the Conference Fifty-Fifty Increasing Women’s Political Participation Caribbean. May 2003.
This document is accessible via the Internet: http://www.ndi.org/worldwide/lac/guyana/women_elect/womens_elect.asp
31. Network of Non-Governmental Organisations of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women (T& T Network) in Collaboration with the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC), 2003. Women's Campaign Workbook.
The Women's Campaign Workbook is a training resource to be used to prepare women to participate in the Local Government Process. The Workbook also aims to sensitize the predominantly male political environment to accept an increase in women's participation in governance processes.
This Workbook is accessible via the Internet: http://cpdcngo.org/docs/Cecilia%20documents/workbook.pdf
32. OAS. Is Financing an Obstacle to the Political Participation of Women? Final Report for the OAS Inter-American Forum on Political Parties. OAS Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, the Inter-American Commission on Women and International IDEA. 16 December 2003. This document is available via the Internet: http://www.upd.oas.org/lab/Documents/fiapp/reports/2004/aid_memoir_05_06_04_eng.pdf
33. Osoba, Ermina. A Statistical Analysis of the Status of Women in Management and Decision-Making Processes in Antigua and Barbuda. Study prepared for the Directorate of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Improvement of Antigua and Barbuda. 2004.
This study was commissioned by the Directorate of Gender Affairs in Antigua for the Women’s Political Participation Project, which was funded by the Organisation of American States (OAS).
34. Rai, Shirin M. "Women and Public Power: Women in the Indian Parliament."
IDS Bulletin. Vol. 26. (3), July: 110 – 116. 1995.
This article explores the issue of women’s representation in state institutions, in this case the Indian parliament. It is based on interviews with 15 women MPs and examined the following: the profile of women in parliament, access points to public life for these women, the role they play in parliament. The author argues that cross-cutting loyalties, institutional incentives and tenuous links with women’s movements limit the potential of women MPs tin representing women’s interests.
35. Reingold. Beth. Representing Women: Sex, Gender and Legislative Behavior in Arizona and California. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. 2000.
The author tests the hypothesis that sex is an accurate predictor of a legislator’s political choices and actions. Using in-depth interviews, survey responses and legislative records, Reingold uncovers more similarities than differences between male and female legislators. Furthermore, the author’s research shows that the influence of gender on legislative behavior can be weakened, distorted or accentuated by powerful forces within the social and political contexts of elected office.
36. Robinson, Tracy, Gender, Feminism and Constitutional Reform in the Caribbean. The Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Mona Academic Conference ‘Gender in the 21st Century’, 29-31 August 2003.
This paper looks at how the constitutional reform process has been a site for the production and reproduction of gender relations and at the same time one within which relations of gender are contested and challenged.
37. UNDP Albania. Annual Progress Report: Women in Leadership Project. December 2003.
In July 2003, SIDA and UNDP agreed to jointly cooperate on the promotion of women in leadership and decision making in Albania as a means towards ensuring more equitable and democratic development. The Women in Leadership project was financially supported by SIDA through UNDP for the period of July – December 2003. This report is available in MS Word format through http://www.undp.org.al/?elib,649.
38. United Cities and Local Governments. The Women in Local Decision-Making Library.
This library, which is accessible via the Internet, contains reports, fact sheets, articles and case studies on women in local government. The library is accessible via the Internet at http://www.cities-localgovernments.org/uclg/.
39. United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 1995,
Political Participation: CEDAW Advocacy Kit, New York: UNIFEM and New York: UNICEF
Accessible via the Internet at: http://www.whrnet.org/resources.html
40. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 1999, "Women and political participation: 21st century challenges", UNDP spronsored meeting on women's political participation, New Delhi, India- 24-26 March 1999.
Accessible via the Internet at: http://magnet.undp.org/
41. United Nations Development Program (UNDP), 2000, Women's
Political Participation and Good Governance: 21st Century Challenges, New York: UNDP. Accessible via the Internet at: http://magnet.undp.org/new/pdf/gender/wpp/women_book.pdf
