Women in Local Government: Understanding their Political Trajectories

该项目旨在通过地方政府的透镜调查妇女在澳大利亚政治中长期代表性不足的问题。它期望产生关于女性政治代表性的障碍、她们的政治表现和当选更高级别职位的途径的新知识。通过在整个选举周期中跟踪男女议员，这项研究力求有力地比较和衡量妇女在地方政治中的经验，以制定一个新的框架，查明和解决阻碍政治平等的障碍。预期成果包括理论上的进步和实现平等的“最佳做法”指南，这将通过推动妇女参与各级政府的工作，为公众带来重大利益。

This project aims to investigate the chronic under representation of women in Australian politics through a local government lens. It expects to generate new knowledge about barriers to female political representation, their political performance and pathways to higher tiers of elected office. By following men and women councillors across an election cycle, this research seeks to robustly compare and measure women's experiences of local politics to develop a new framework to map and address obstacles preventing political equity. Expected outcomes include theoretical advances and a 'best practice' guide for achieving parity.This should provide significant public benefits by advancing female participation across all levels of governments.