Women in Local Politics, 2014

The research project "Women in Local Politics" was initiated as a means of putting political recruitment, and especially women's representation in local politics on the agenda. The project aimed to study factors that influence variation in representation in local politics, especially in connection to nominations of candidates on list proposals ahead of the municipal council election in 2015. A large part of the project included, for the involved researchers, to visit the municipalities that agreed to participate in the project. Altogether 72 municipalities were in January 2014 invited by the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation to participate - all municipalities with a share of women at less than 30 percent in their municipal councils. 46 municipalities agreed to participate. In the municipalities that participated in the project, one of the researchers held a presentation for the municipal council where research based knowledge on the representation of women in local politics was presented. In this way, the presentation could shed light on opportunities and obstacles for women in local politics, and what might contribute to a more even gender balance. Following the presentation there was a discussion between the political parties on how to promote gender equality in local politics. A survey was also conducted among local parties who attended the council meetings where researchers had presented. The study shed light on how the local parties and lists relate to and work with "the gender issue" at the local level. The project was funded by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, and carried out by the Institute for Social Research and Uni Rokkan Centre.

本研究项目「地方政治中的女性」旨在将政治吸纳议题，尤其是女性在地方政治中的代表权问题纳入公共议事议程。项目旨在研究影响地方政治代表权差异的各类因素，尤其聚焦2015年市政议会选举前候选名单提案中的候选人提名环节。项目的核心工作之一，是由参与研究的学者走访同意加入项目的自治市。2014年1月，地方政府与现代化部（Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation）共邀请了72个市政议会女性议员占比低于30%的自治市参与本项目，最终有46个自治市同意加入。在参与项目的自治市中，一名研究者面向市政议会开展了一场专题分享会，分享关于地方政治女性代表权的研究成果，以此阐明女性在地方政治中面临的机遇与阻碍，以及助力实现更均衡性别平衡的可行路径。分享会后，各政党围绕如何推动地方政治中的性别平等展开了研讨。此外，研究者还向参与此次学术分享会的地方政党开展了一项调研，以探究地方政党与候选名单如何在地方层面处理与践行「性别议题」。本项目由地方政府与区域发展部（Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development）资助，由社会研究所（Institute for Social Research）与尤尼·罗坎中心（Uni Rokkan Centre）联合执行。