where are the women?
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Where are the Women?. Gender, Governments and Graduates. The Question. 493. 500. 500. 73. Why?. Development in a country Motives in lower-income countries are less Quotas Civic Participation Private Sector Experience Willingness To Run. 493. 500. 455. 500. 6. 500. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?GENDER, GOVERNMENTS AND GRADUATES
THE QUESTION
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WHY?
• Development in a country• Motives in lower-income countries are less
• Quotas• Civic Participation• Private Sector Experience• Willingness To Run
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ACTUAL QUESTION
Does female education change women’s representation in governments?
HYPOTHESIS
HYPOTHESIS
Increased representation of females in college level education Increased representation of females in
national parliaments
METHOD
DATA
• WDI• Independent Variable• 4,000 Observations of Tertiary Education Ratios
• Dependent Variable• 3,000 Observations of Parliamentary Ratios
GENERAL INFO
• 91 females for every 100 males with tertiary level education• Standard Deviation: 59.58• Minimum: 0• Maximum: 689.3 (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
• 14% of parliamentary occupied by females• Standard Deviation: 10.3• Minimum: 0• Max: 56.3 (Rwanda)
CHALLENGES
• Gender Ratios• GDP and Development• Social Biases
ADDRESSING CHALLENGES
• More on this soon• Open to suggestions
RWANDA, UGANDA, SWEDEN, KUWAIT, HONDURAS
CASE STUDIES
RESULTS
CORRELATION
College Ratio Parliament Ratio
College Ratio 1
Parliament Ratio 0.0966 1
REGRESSION
College Ratio
Coefficient
Standard
Error
t P > |t| 95% Conf.Lower
95% Conf.Upper
Parliament Ratio
.486 .127 3.83 0.000 .238 .735
_cons 103.567 2.366 43.77 0.000 98.926 108.208
MORE RESULTS COMING SOON!
QUANTUM CONCLUSIONBOTH RIGHT AND WRONG
WHAT TO EXPECT
• Promising Data but selection problems
IF RIGHT
• Current Approaches• Political Changes• Funding• Awareness
• Solution• Education = Starting Point
IF WRONG
• New Approach• Don’t make Women better Leaders• Make people better voters
WHY DO WE CARE
EQUITABLE GOVERNMENT -> EQUITABLE SOCIETIES
• Female Friendly Social Policies?• Overall Education• Healthcare