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    This article discusses the lack of gender mainstreaming in Pakistani political parties. It argues that while parties have women wings, they have no real say in policy or organizational matters. It also states that despite reserved seats for women, parties do little to support women candidates' election campaigns. As a result, women elected through reserved seats have little ability to advance policies that benefit women. The article concludes that political parties must undergo audits to promote greater gender and minority inclusion, and that the state needs a national gender action plan to eliminate political inequality.

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    Women in Politics

    By Shazia Nizamani
    Published in DAWN - April 16th, 2018
    Author’s Position
    “Parties have failed to institutionalise gender
    mainstreaming.”

    *Gender mainstreaming is the public policy concept of assessing the different


    implications for women and men of any planned policy action, including legislation and
    programmes, in all areas and levels.
    Logically Consistent
    • “In most countries, including ours, women are given token representation in
    political parties and institutions eager to appear progressive, while maintaining
    structural barriers that prevent their elevation, despite their merits, to senior
    positions.”

    • “While most parties have women wings, these wings hardly have any say in
    policy and organisational issues. And though there are reserved seats for
    women, parties treat these as a formality without investing in their election
    campaigns. Women elected on such seats make significantly little progress in
    getting policies and resource allocations to reflect women’s interests.”

    • “This represents a failure to institutionalise gender mainstreaming. Rather,


    political parties are complicit in the systematic exclusion of women and
    minorities, and in some cases even collude to prohibit them from voting.”

    The last point is an example of an Intermediate Conclusion (to serve as a


    reason), as it builds and adds up to the overall conclusion.
    Independent
    Reasoning
    • Previous Reason
    • Status of Women in the ECP
    “Like many institutions, the Election Commission of Pakistan has no women at senior levels; its
    wide gender balance at all levels is, in fact, striking. The ECP has worked on voter registration
    drives, and, more recently, even held a re-poll in Dir because women were previously excluded.
    Yet how is it expected to develop and implement sustained gender reforms if its own body does
    not reflect this mandate?”

    • Comparison with other countries of the Global South


    “Pakistan has 17 per cent women’s reserved seats, whereas Nepal is in the lead with 33 per cent
    in its constitutional assembly, followed by Afghanistan with 27 per cent in its parliament. India
    has 33 per cent female representation at the panchayat level.”

    • Relationship between sustainable economic development and patriarchy


    “There is a gradual realisation that just and sustainable economic development depends on
    women having agency and a voice in decision-making at all levels. However, this cannot be
    enabled in a patriarchal system that denies women a support system within political institutions.
    Women politicians depend in large part on male counterparts who deny them the space to
    Internally Inconsistent

    • “The situation is worse for minority women — almost entirely politically


    excluded, deprived of rights and access to opportunities. There are exceptions
    that bring solace, such as the election of Senator Krishna Kumari.”

    • “Another positive sign is Sherry Rehman’s election as leader of the opposition in


    the Senate.”

    • “The PPP has appointed women to senior positions before, but it should reflect on
    how much it has substantively contributed to empowering all women politicians.”

    • “Strengthening women lawmakers’ roles will pave the way for laws, policies and
    programmes that can improve women’s status with regard to health, education,
    livelihoods, land rights and enabling environment for equal opportunities. Women
    will have to break the multiple layers of the glass ceiling with their own resolve,
    support from their parties and civil society.”
    Conclusion
    “As such, all political parties must undergo comprehensive gender- and
    minority-inclusion audits. The state and all other stakeholders need to
    devise and implement a national gender action plan to eliminate political
    inequality.”

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