ABSTRACT
Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with national parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this book analyze and evaluate the advancement of gender equality in Asia.
As of the year 2022, no country in Asia has gender parity in its parliament. Meanwhile, the proportion of national-level women parliamentarians in Asia averages a mere 20%. What is more important than simple descriptive representation, however, is whether outcomes for women are improving. Rather than focusing on numerical representation, the chapters in this book focus on the substantive representation of women. In other words, what do women and men parliamentarians do to advance women’s well-being and gender equality? Using semi-structured interviews, the author of each chapter examines these efforts in the context of a specific Asian country. The case studies include Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Timor-Leste.
The book is an essential resource for scholars and students of Asian politics and the politics of gender.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|23 pages
Substantive Representation of Women by Parliamentarians in Asia
part I|65 pages
Cases from East Asia
chapter 2|23 pages
Substantive Representation of Women in Japan
part II|92 pages
Cases from Southeast Asia
chapter 6|22 pages
Substantive Representation of Women in Malaysian Legislatures
chapter 8|24 pages
Timor-Leste
part III|63 pages
Cases From South Asia
chapter 9|21 pages
Women's Substantive Representation in the Parliament of Bangladesh
chapter 10|20 pages
Substantive Representation of Women Parliamentarians and Gender Equality in Nepal
chapter 11|20 pages
Toward Advancing Substantive Representation of Women in Parliament
part IV|23 pages
Conclusion