Dal Dy Dir/Stand Your Ground: International lessons on women's equality from a small nation. [This article was presented at 'Women - From Suffragists to Legislators' at QUT on 4 November 2005. It will appear in a forthcoming book, Chaney, P; Mackay, F. and McAllister, L. Women and Contemporary Welsh Politics: the First Years of the National Assembly for Wales (2006).]

However, formal equal gender representation in the Assembly was achieved in an historically unpromising climate, with powerful continuing legacies of marginalizing women in public and political life, and a largely unreconstructed overarching political culture entrenched within parties and existing p...

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Published in:	Hecate 2006-05, Vol.32 (1), p.107-122
Main Author:	McAllister, Laura
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Elections Equality Feminism Gender equality Government Great Britain: Politics and government Leadership Occupations Police Political activity Political campaigns Political parties Political representation Politicians Politics Professional women Sex role Social aspects Welsh Labour Party (WLP) Women Women's studies
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Summary:	However, formal equal gender representation in the Assembly was achieved in an historically unpromising climate, with powerful continuing legacies of marginalizing women in public and political life, and a largely unreconstructed overarching political culture entrenched within parties and existing political institutions. The high visibility of women in the Assembly stands in stark contrast to their continuing low profile in other branches of politics and positions of public and economic decision-making - for example, women hold fewer than one in five of the top jobs in public life, there are no female Chairs of Police Authorities, Chief Crown Prosecutors, University Vice Chancellors or political party leaders in Wales.
ISSN:	0311-4198 1839-4213