Barriers and Pathways to Women's Political Participation in Myanmar: Gender Equality and Decentralization in Myanmar -Comparisons Cambodia


Project Description
Women’s participation in politics has been an issue that remains to be addressed in order to achieve gender equality around the world. In Asia, while important progress has been made towards gender equality and where women are key and welcomed participants in the market, the political realm remain stubbornly male dominated and only 19.7 percent of parliamentarian were women in 2019 (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2019). Gender equality and women’s empowerment remain critical goals and are the stated objective of sustainable development goal 5. In Cambodia, women have played a significant role in the political arena. Since 1993, the significant improvement of female representative in the National Assembly. However, the number of representations is still remaining low compare to men counterpart.
Project Objective

To understand the barriers and working pathways to women’s political participation. The study asks: 

  • What are the opportunities and barriers to women’s participation at different political levels throughout their pathways?
  • How do women and men at different levels of political system prioritize issues?
  • What are the attitudes of women and men regarding leadership and women and men’s role in politics influences women’s participation in the political sphere at various levels? 

Start Date : 01-Sep-2020
End Date : 31-Mar-2021

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