Causal Effects Of Gender Quotas On Sub Saharan Africa With...

Section 1: What do you propose to do / what question(s) do you hope to answer? For my research project, I intend to investigate the causal effects of gender quotas in Sub-Saharan Africa with a cross-case analysis. I am currently in the first semester of a two-semester independent study with Professor Holmes where I am researching this topic. The first semester is focused on building a literature review, while the second semester is devoted to creating and implementing a research design to investigate this topic. During the summer, I intend to expand on this project by reviewing more literature on the topic and implementing the research design with the additional data that I collect. Currently, there is an ongoing debate on whether gender quotas produce intended effects of women’s empowerment or simply lead to tokenism in politics. Intended effects vary by country but include descriptive representation and the creation of policy geared towards women’s issues. I aim to investigate whether gender quotas in Sub-Saharan Africa have led to women’s empowerment in politics or tokenism. Section 2: Explain why you want to do this research. What are your goals in undertaking the project, and why is the project you are proposing the best way of achieving these goals? How will this research help further your academic / intellectual development? Why do you find the work exciting? In undertaking this project, I intend to learn more in-depth about gender quotas in Sub-Saharan Africa.Show MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pages2000 (the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, the surge of globalization from the mid-1990s) and afterward (9/11, or the global recession of 2008) when one could quite plausibly argue that a new era had begun. A compelling case can be made for viewing the decades of the global scramble for colonies after 1870 as a predictable culmination of the long nineteenth century, which was ushered in by the industrial and political revolutions of the late 1700s. But at the same time