Sense of gender identity and political particpation in Italy

Abstract

This paper examines the unequal political participation of women and men in Italy, both at national and local level. Starting with a brief outline of the female presence in Parliament since the end of the Second World War, the article goes on to focus on gender inequalities in regional and local administrative and representative bodies. Various interpretations regarding the marginalization of women in the political arena are drawn up in connection with the wider social context, and a number of possible changes are put forward in light of some recent local experiences that reveal a renewed vigour in female political participation and mobilization.

Keywords

• género y política en italia en el ámbito nacional y local
• desigualdades de género en la participación y representación políticas
• movilización política femenina
• acceso de las mujeres a las instituciones políticas