Breakdown Topic #1 PIMUN

“Women’s Participation in Political Parties”

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1 WHAT

a) What are the factors of women’s 1. Most struggles are still hap- - Patriarchy culture
lack of participation in political par-
pening around Asia and the in political parties
ties?
Pacific, where they still strug-
- The doubts for
gle around gender norms and
women in politics
social-cultural perspective on
women.

2. The deep-rooted prejudices

and belief that men are more
suitable than women to be the
leader public sphere

3. Patriachy culture

b) What are the past action toward The United Nation has developed
the issue? the Beijing declaration and Plat-
form for Action during the fourth
World Conference on Women in
Beijing in September 1995.

In 1996, the Optional Protocol to

CEDAW was adopted by the UN
General Assembly, and entered
into force on December 22, 2000.

2 WHEN?
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a) When does this issue emerged? Following the Beijing Conference

in 1995, the Office of the Special
Adviser on Gender Issues and Ad-
vancement of Women (OSAGI,
created in 1997) was established
but the Joint Inspection Unit bud-
getary and organisational recom-
mendations were not implemented.
In 1996 the General Assembly
again considered the politically
contested proposals to merge IN-
STRAW and UNIFEM but conclud-
ed it lacked the requisite informa-
tion on the legal, technical and
administrative implications of any
such merger, so took no action.

3 WHO?
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a) Who should be participating NGOs, UN Bodies, Commission - The role of NGOs

on this issue? on the Elimination of Violence in women’s participa-
against Women, Government.

tion in political par-

- NGOs ties
(1) Women’s Global Empower
ment Fund:

WGEF is a advocacy group that

has helped five women that fol-
lows WGEF’s program to run
and winning political office in
2016

(2) Equality Now:

They are focusing on Women’s

right and their programs have
made Kuwait women’s got the
rughts to vote

- UN Bodies:

(1) United Nations Development

Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

(2) Division for The Advancement

of Women

(3) International Research and

Training Institute for the Advance-
ment of Women (INSTRAW, creat-
ed in 1979)

4) WHY?

a) Why is women’s participa- Women’s participation in political - Importance of

tion in political parties im-
portant?
parties is important since their ex- women’s participa-
istence will bring many advan-
tion in political par-
tages to the society, and it will fur-
ther ensure women’s equal repre- ties
sentation in government agencies.

It would also help women to have

fair laws and regulations and iw
will empower women.

5) WHERE?
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a) Where is the highest per-
centage of women in parlia-
ment take place?
Rwandan women who have a seat - The Impact of Pari-
parliament account for 63.8% in ty towards women’s
participation in polit-
the lower house. Other than
ical parties
Rwanda, Bolivia also has a high
percentage of women in parlia-
ment, which accounts for 53.1%.
One of a good example on putting
women empowerment and gender
equality as one of the priorities in
national agenda has been experi-
enced by Timor Leste. The consti-
tution of Timor Leste ensures gen-
der equality, which makes the rep-
resentation of women accounted
for 38.46% after its election, mak-
ing Timor Leste the only country in
Southeast Asia that managed to
achieve that.

6) HOW?


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a) How is this issue being pos- The Fourth World Conference on

sibly solved? Women, held in Beijing in 1995,
drew attention to the persisting
inequality between men and
women in decision-making. The
Beijing Platform for Action reaf-
firmed that women’s persistent
exclusion from formal politics, in
particular, raises a number of spe-
cific questions regarding the
achievement of effective democrat-
ic transformations, in practice. It
undermines the concept of democ-
racy, which, by its nature, assumes
that the right to vote and to be
elected should be equally applied
to all citizens, both women and
men. (Indonesia MUN Study
Guide: Commision on The Status
of Women: Dynamics of Gender
and Party)