Gender-sensitive Parliaments

• Agora (2014). Enhancing women’s representation in parliamentary institutions – The institutional and legal framework. Agora Issue Brief, June 2014.  
• Asiedu, E., Branstette, C., Gaekwad-Babulal, N. and Malokele, N. (2018). The Effect of Women’s Representation in Parliament and the Passing of Gender Sensitive Policies. 
• Barnes A. and Munn-Rivard L. (2012). Gender-sensitive Parliaments. 1. Advancement in the workplace. Library of Parliament Background Papers, Ottawa, Canada.
• Campbell, R. and Childs, S. (2015). Parents in Parliament: ‘Where's Mum?’ The Political Quarterly, Volume 85, Issue 4, October–December 2014, pp. 487-492.
• Celis, K., Childs, S., Kantola, J. and Krook, M. L. (2014). Constituting Women’s Interests through Representative Claims. Gender & Politics, 10 (2014), pp. 149 –174. 
• Childs, S. and Krook, M.L. (2008). Critical Mass Theory and Women’s Representation. Political Studies, 56, pp. 725-736. 
• Childs, S. and Krook, M.L. (2009). Analysing Women’s Substantive Representation: From Critical Mass to Critical Actors. Government and Opposition, 44(2), pp. 125–145. 
• Childs, S. and Lovenduski, J. (2013). Political Representation. The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics. Edited by G. Waylen, K. Celis, J. Kantola, and S. Laurel Weldon. 
• Connolly, E. (2013). Parliaments as gendered institutions: the Irish Oireachtas. Irish Political Studies, 28(3), pp. 360-379.
• Council of Europe – Venice Commission (2009). Report on the impact of electoral system on women’s representation in politics.
• Council of Europe – Venice Commission (2015). Report on the method of nomination of candidates within political parties. Adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections at its 51st meeting (Venice, 18 June 2015) and by the Venice Commission at its 103rd Plenary Session (Venice, 19-20 June 2015).
• Council of Europe (2017). Balanced participation of women and men in decision-making - Analytical report 2016.
• Dahlerup D. (2006). The story of the theory of critical mass. Politics & Gender, 2 (4), pp. 511-522.
• Dahlerup, D. (1988). From a Small to a Large Minority: Women in Scandinavian Politics. Scandinavian Political Studies, 11(4), pp. 275–97.
• EIGE (2020, forthcoming). Beijing +25. The 5th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States.
• EIGE Gender Mainstreaming Methods and Tools, Gender Analysis. 
• EIGE Gender Mainstreaming Methods and Tools, Gender Budgeting.
• EIGE Gender Mainstreaming Methods and Tools, Gender Equality Plan. 
• EIGE Gender Mainstreaming Methods and Tools, Gender Equality Training. 
• EIGE Gender Mainstreaming Methods and Tools, Gender Impact Assessment.
• EIGE Gender Mainstreaming Methods and Tools, Gender Statistics.
• EIGE Gender Statistics Database.
• EIGE Gender Statistics Database. Women and Men in Decision Making (WMID).
• EIGE’s Good Practices for Spain (2007-2015) on electoral quotas that work.
• Escobar-Lemmon, M.C. and Taylor-Robinson, M. M. (2014). Representation: The Case of Women. Oxford Scholarship Online.  
• European Commission – DG Justice (2012). The role of men in gender equality. European strategies and insights. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. 
• European Commission – DG Justice (2014). Gender Equality Law in 33 European countries. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. 

• European Commission – DG Justice (2015). European equality law review, European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination, Issue 2.

• European Parliament – DG for Internal Policies (2013). Electoral Gender Quotas Systems and their implementation in Europe. Update 2013. 
• European Parliament – DG for Internal Policies (2014). Gender Mainstreaming in Committees and Delegations of the European Parliament. 

• European Parliament – DG for Internal Policies (2015). Analysis of political parties' and independent candidates' policies for gender balance in the European Parliament after the elections of 2014. 

• European Parliament – DG for Internal Policies (2015). The EU Budget for gender equality. 

• European Parliament (2012). Resolution of 13 March 2012 on women in political decision-making – quality and equality (2011/2295 (INI)).

• European Parliament (2015a). Factsheets on the European Union 2015. Equality between men and women.
• European Parliament (2015b). Resolution of 9 June 2015 on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (2014/2152 (INI)). 
• European Parliament (2018a). Gender-neutral language in the European Parliament. 
• European Parliament (2018b). Report on gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament.
• European Parliament FEMM Committee.
• European Parliament FEMM Committee (2012). Gender Equality – What do the parliaments of the European Union do? 
• European Parliament FEMM Committee (2016). Report on gender mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament. (2015/2230(INI)). Rapporteur: Angelika Mlinar. 
• European Parliament Think Tank (2019). Women in Politics in the EU. State of play.

• Grey, S. (2006). Numbers and Beyond: The Relevance of Critical Mass in Gender Research. Politics & Gender, 2, pp. 491–530.

• Husted, T. and Kenny, L. (1997). The Effect of the Expansion of the Voting Franchise on the Size of the Government. Journal of Political Economy, 105(1), pp. 54-82.
• International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (2009). Consolidated response on Best Practices used by Political Parties to promote women in politics.
• International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (2016). Parliamentary Oversight of Gender Equality. Concept note. 
• International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (2018). Funding for Women Candidates. 
• IPU/IDEA (2013). Atlas of electoral gender quotas.  
• IPU Database: Women in National Parliaments. 
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (2004). Parliament, the budget and gender. 
• Inter-Parlamentary Union (2008). Equality in Politics. A Survey of Women and Men in Parliaments.
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (2011). Gender-sensitive parliaments. A global review of good practices. Geneva: IPU.
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (2012). Plan of Action for gender-sensitive parliaments. Geneva: IPU.
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (2015). Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. Item 2. Presentation of Conference Report. Geneva: IPU.
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (2016). Evaluating the gender sensitivity of parliaments. A self-assessment toolkit. 
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (2018a). Issues Brief: Sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments in Europe.
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (2018b). World e-Parliament Report. 
• Krook, M.L. and O’Brien, D.Z. (2012). All the President’s Men? The appointment of female cabinet ministers worldwide. The Journal of Politics, 74 (3), pp. 840-855.
• Leone, J. (2017). Codes of conduct for national parliaments and their role in promoting integrity: an assessment. OECD. 
• Lizzeri, A. and Persico, N. (2004). Why Did the Elites Extend the Suffrage? Democracy and the scope of Government, with an Application to Britain's ‘Age of Reform’. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(2), pp. 705-763.
• Lombardo, E. and Meier, P. (2014). The Symbolic Representation of Gender. A Discursive Approach. Burlington: Ashgate. 
• London School of Economics Blog (2019). Necessary baby steps towards The Good Parliament: proxy voting in the Commons.
• Lovenduski, J. (2001). Women and Politics: Minority Representation or Critical Mass? Parliamentary Affairs, 54(4), pp. 743–58.
• McCann, J. (2013). Electoral quotas for women: an international overview. Parliament of Australia. 
• Norris, P. and Krook, M.L. (2011). Gender Equality in Elected Office: A Six-Step Action Plan. 
• OECD (n.d). Toolkit for mainstreaming and implementing gender equality. 
• OECD (2016). 2015 OECD Recommendation of the Council on Gender Equality in Public Life. Paris, OECD Publishing.
• OSCE (2004). Handbook for monitoring women’s participation in elections. 
• OSCE (2013). A comparative study of structures for women MPs in the OSCE region. 
• OSCE (2014). Handbook on promoting women’s participation in political parties. 
• OSCE (2016). Compendium of good practices for advancing women’s political participation in the OSCE region. 
• OSCE (2017a). International Forum on Women’s Political Empowerment. Conference report. 
• OSCE (2017b). Making Laws Work for Women and Men: A practical guide to gender-sensitive legislation.
• Renman, V. and Conroy, C. (2014). Advances in EU Gender Equality: Missing the mark? EPIN Paper 41.
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Political Representation. 
• Stokke, K. and Selboe, E. (2009). Symbolic Representation as Political Practice. In: Rethinking Popular Representation edited by O. Törnquist, N. Webster and K. Stokke. Palgrave Macmillan.
• UN Women (n.d.). Training for gender equality and women's empowerment. 
• UN WOMEN and UNDP (2015). Inclusive Electoral Processes. A Guide for Electoral Management Bodies on Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Participation.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) (2012). Handbook.
• Women Political Leaders (WPL) (2018). Hofdi House Report. 

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