Women, the Parliament and Political Participation in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan

This paper explores women’s participation in parliamentary elections in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. Using various methods, it offers an interdisciplinary perspective on factors that affect the likelihood of women participating successfully in parliamentary elections. This study supports the general literature on the effects of gender quotas and proportional representation, but its results on other factors are mixed. The factor of financial resources is significant, though its impact has been reduced with the introduction of gender quotas, while other factors—such as social status—may not be particularly important. The public perception of a woman in politics is not the greatest obstacle to women’s representation, and a female candidate’s professional status may often be attractive to party leaders.

Author

• Medet, Tiulegenov
• Turdalieva, Cholpon

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.1163/22142290-00502003

Keyword

• electoral politics
• Central Asian Affairs Journal
• post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
• political participation
• women
• parliament

Date created

• 2018

Related url

•  https://brill.com/view/journals/caa/caa-overview.xml

Type of Work

• Artice

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Central Asia Program

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/work/3r074v747

In Collection:

• Central Asian Affairs

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