Abstract

CONTRERAS ALCANTARA, Javier  and  RODRIGUEZ SALAZAR, Araceli. Effects of quotas and gender parity at the sub-national level. A gender perspective on the integration of the State Congress of San Luis Potosí in five legislatures (2003-2018). Revista Col. San Luis [online]. 2019, vol.9, n.19, pp.207-240.  Epub Nov 19, 2020. ISSN 2007-8846.  https://doi.org/10.21696/rcsl9192019888.

In order to ascertain whether the gender gap has been narrowed in the Congress of the State of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, the results of the implementation of the affirmative quota and gender parity provisions are analyzed. In addition, the educational profiles and experience prior to joining the legislature are reviewed in order to make visible the differences between men and women in terms of skills and experiences. One main source of information is the original database on the integration of five legislatures of the Congress of the State of San Luis Potosí, from 2003 to 2018, the use of which made it possible to obtain a historical perspective on the transformations in the gender gap. Although information was available prior to 2003, it was not relevant for research because it lacks data on political careers. It is concluded that the narrowing of the gender gap has been significant and that the differences in political trajectories and educational profiles between the women and men who formed part of the San Luis Potosí State Congress in the studied legislative periods are of no importance.

Keywords : gender; quotas; parity; Congress; political trajectories; San Luis Potosí.

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