Women in Politics: towards the vindication of Political-Electoral Rights

Abstract

The political participation of women has become a social and political phenomenon at the international level, as they continue to claim their place in the public sphere and in positions of power, under conditions of equality and non-discrimination. In this context, international organizations and most of the States have acted diligently in the search for mechanisms that allow better protection and opportunities to be provided to women in the political world, with the objective of achieving democratic assertion and consolidating the bases of the State. of Law.
This article presents an analysis of the context of the participation of women in politics at the global and regional level, the challenges, challenges and opportunities in the search for the vindication of their political-electoral rights and the role played by the quotas of gender to achieve greater representation in popularly elected positions. Similarly, proposals are presented on the subject with the aim of achieving institutional strengthening of political parties, greater participation of women in electoral elections and positions of public power.