Women in Politics

Australia

Commonwealth

Women in Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook
Number of women in Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook
Composition of Australian Parliaments by Party and Gender
Women in the Senate: Senate Brief No 3
Women in Politics: Office for Women

Suffrage

A Matter of Public Importance: Votes for Women: E-Brief
Electoral Milestones for Women: Australian Electoral Commission
First Women in Australian Parliaments - Historical Note: Research Note 1996-97

State and Territory

Australian Capital Territory

How many members of the sixth Legislative Assembly are female?

New South Wales

Women in Parliament

Queensland

Current Members: click on Current women in Parliament
Former Women Members

South Australia

Women in politics in South Australia
Political and social rights for women

Tasmania

Women Members of the Tasmanian Parliament: current and historical list
Female Franchise - Tasmania

Victoria

Women Members: current list
Women in Parliament: Victorian suffrage

Affirmative Action

The Liberal Party of Australia has no affirmative action rules for the selection of women candidates to stand for election.
The Australian Labor Party: refer to pages 291-92 of the National Platform and Constitution 2004
National Labor Women's Network
Emily's List
Australian Greens: Policy D5: Women
Australian Democrats: Women's Rights Watch

Other Links

Office for Women (OFW)
Australian Local Government Women's Association (ALGWA)
Australian Women from the Australian Women's Archive Project
Women's Constitutional Conventions: 1998 and 2002

Library Publications

A Matter of Public Importance: Votes for Women: E-Brief 24 November 2003
Voters and the Franchise: the Federal Story: Research Paper no. 17 2001-02
First Women in Australian Parliaments - Historical Note: Research Note 1996-97

Overseas

Canada

Women in the Senate
Women in the House of Commons
Women in Cabinet
Current provincial and territory party standings
Women candidates in general elections
Women's right to vote in Canada
Federal political representation

New Zealand

New Zealand Women and the Vote: Suffrage and Beyond

United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

Statistics of Women in Parliament: House of Commons Library, Standard Note SN/SG/1250, 11 March 2005
Women in the House of Commons: Factsheet M4
Women and Parliament 1884-1945: suffrage in the United Kingdom

United States of America

Women in the Senate
Women in Congress: Office of the Clerk
Women in the 107th Congress
The White House Project

Around the World

UNFPA Gender Equality Fact Sheet
Women in National Parliaments: statistics from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Women in Politics: IDEA
Women in Politics Bibliographic Database: IPU
Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership

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