GENDER IN POLITICS

Democracy means to understand the opinion of each person. Nowadays, to defend women’s rights and strive for equality are one of the biggest challenges of the modern world. The measurement of democracy is the involvement of women in a decision-making process and the quality of human rights’ defense. A little amount of women involvement in political life is equally characteristic of both experienced and relatively young democracies. General elective right won’t be able to provide a high level of women representation. Gender stereotypes make negative influence on the functioning of society. Its effectiveness is much more noticeable on post-soviet countries than on western liberal states. Women’s participation in politics is low and it should be improved to meet the requirements of international norms and standards of gender equality. Gender inequality hinders the development of individuals or the whole country, also society evolution and helps to create unfavorable environment for men and women. Society finds it difficult to accept the idea of gender equality, as it does not recognize the essence of the problem. The establishment of gender quota will make a significant contribution to ensuring gender equality, improving state mechanism, making decisions and integrating gender mainstreaming organically.