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Title: | Political representation and impact factors of women in the national assembly Sri Lanka and Bangladesh |
Authors: | Punniyaselvan, N. |
Keywords: | Women’s Political Participation Political representation National legislative assembly Patriarchy General election |
Issue Date: | 3-Feb-2022 |
Publisher: | Faculty of Arts and Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. |
Citation: | 10th South Eastern University International Arts Research Symposium -2021 on 03rd February 2022. South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. p. 73. |
Abstract: | The study examines the political representation of women in national legislative assembly in South Asian regional state of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh national legislative assembly. The main objective of the study is to define and analysis the political participation of women in the Sri Lanka and Bangladesh national legislative assembly of Bangladesh Jatio Sangsad from 1970 to 2021. And to explain the factors impacting the political participation of women. Secondary data were used in this study, quantitative and qualitative data are in use. This time it is useful to relate the political participation of women in the national legislative assembly of women from 1970 to 2021 in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Secondary data used in this study includes library and internet. At the end of the study women made up more than half of the population in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, but the political participation of women in national legislative assembly was very under representation. Hower, the political participation of women in Bangladesh in on the rise compared to Sri Lanka. In the South Asian region. It is a common feature that Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have very low representation of women in their national legislative assembly. It’s influenced by various factors such as socio, economic, political and ideological. Education and family background have also had an impact on women’s parliamentary political participation. Issues such as education and family background have also had an impact on political participation. It can also be said that women in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka need to be politically empowered to increase their political participation in parliament in the future, as well as increase the political representation of women in the National Assembly while strengthening the legal framework. |
URI: | http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/7294 |
ISBN: | 10th South Eastern University International Arts Research Symposium -2021 on 03rd February 2022. South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. p. 38. |
Appears in Collections: | SEUIARS - 2021 |
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