Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in Spain

A most important debate in gender representation studies revolves around whether women’s presence in politics correlates with the advancement of gender-equal policies, given the mixed results observed. In this article, the authors aim to contribute both theoretically and empirically to this debate b...

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Autores: Ferrín Pereira, Mónica, Paleo Mosquera, Natalia
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Local gender policies
Gender mainstreaming
Women’s presence and alliances
Spain
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spelling Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in SpainFerrín Pereira, MónicaPaleo Mosquera, NataliaLocal gender policiesGender mainstreamingWomen’s presence and alliancesSpainA most important debate in gender representation studies revolves around whether women’s presence in politics correlates with the advancement of gender-equal policies, given the mixed results observed. In this article, the authors aim to contribute both theoretically and empirically to this debate by investigating whether distinct types of women’s presence/alliances have any differential impact on the promotion of gender mainstreaming at the Spanish local level. Our study shows a descriptive representation loop wherein the presence of women seems to attract more women into political positions. Importantly, the presence of women in local politics and the potential for them to form alliances between themselves has the ability to promote gender mainstreaming at the local level, albeit not all types of presence are equally effective. Our findings offer significant insights for reevaluating the connection between women’s political involvement and gender equality.Oxford University PressUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Ciencia Política e Socioloxía20252025-08-1220252025-08-12journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/43074reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020 PID2020-115568RB-I00 LA BRECHA DE GENERO EN LA IMPLICACION POLITICA: EDAD, CONCILIACION TRABAJO-FAMILIA, Y LOS NIVELES LOCAL Y NACIONALopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/430742026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in Spain
title Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in Spain
spellingShingle Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in Spain
Ferrín Pereira, Mónica
Local gender policies
Gender mainstreaming
Women’s presence and alliances
Spain
title_short Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in Spain
title_full Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in Spain
title_fullStr Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in Spain
title_sort Pushing for Gender Mainstreaming: Women’s Presence and Alliances at the Local Level in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ferrín Pereira, Mónica
Paleo Mosquera, Natalia
author Ferrín Pereira, Mónica
author_facet Ferrín Pereira, Mónica
Paleo Mosquera, Natalia
author_role author
author2 Paleo Mosquera, Natalia
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Ciencia Política e Socioloxía
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Local gender policies
Gender mainstreaming
Women’s presence and alliances
Spain
topic Local gender policies
Gender mainstreaming
Women’s presence and alliances
Spain
description A most important debate in gender representation studies revolves around whether women’s presence in politics correlates with the advancement of gender-equal policies, given the mixed results observed. In this article, the authors aim to contribute both theoretically and empirically to this debate by investigating whether distinct types of women’s presence/alliances have any differential impact on the promotion of gender mainstreaming at the Spanish local level. Our study shows a descriptive representation loop wherein the presence of women seems to attract more women into political positions. Importantly, the presence of women in local politics and the potential for them to form alliances between themselves has the ability to promote gender mainstreaming at the local level, albeit not all types of presence are equally effective. Our findings offer significant insights for reevaluating the connection between women’s political involvement and gender equality.
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