Women's quota in parliament

[dimpy.handa]

At present there is a vicious circle whereby women see no point in standing for parliament because it is viewed (however inaccurately) as a male-dominated institution. Positive discrimination would provide role models for future women MPs to follow; for that reason it need not be a permanent measure. Nor should it be seen as contrary to human rights legislation -- no one is preventing men from standing in elections. This measure would simply try to overcome the institutional sexism in the selection committees of the established political parties, which has for so long prevented a representative number of women from becoming candidates

 

[swatiraohnlu]

Quotas are not there to make the equal and balance, but to encourage and fasten the process towards equal number of women and men in politics. This means that the number of women will increase on its own even without applying quotas for women but it will take much more time since the (woman) individuals have to struggle for themselves.