Gender Inequality and Political Participation in International Politics

Abstract

The study's primary goal is to explore gender inequality, women's political participation in world politics, and the difficulties they encounter. The study also looked at whether women's engagement in politics has risen in any way as a result of conferences and conventions for gender equality in politics and offered suggestions for ways to address the obstacles and problems that women experience in international politics. The data was sourced through primary and secondary methods of gathering data. The secondary data entailed the use of journals, internet materials and relevant textbooks. The primary data involved the use of questionnaires administered randomly on 50 selected respondents with knowledge on the topic of study. However 28 respondents supplied relevant information used in the analysis. Data selected was analyzed through the use of descriptive method such as tables and frequency distribution. The causes of gender inequality as discussed in the course of this study include but are not limited to gender roles (patriarchy), virility deficiency syndrome, lack of economic incentives, etcetera.Women around the world have demonstrated the huge contribution they can make when given the opportunity to participate equally in politics.