This article presents qualitative data from interviews conducted with female national parliamentarians and local government councillors in Bangladesh regarding barriers to women’s participation in electoral politics. The evidence suggests that a gender wall comprised of institutional, historical, socio-economic and cultural factors continues to prevent Bangladeshi women’s full participation in formal politics at both national and local levels. Since Bangladesh now operates a policy of affirmative action through reserved seats for female politicians, the question arises to what extent this can be seen as a useful longer-term strategy to counteract gender discrimination.

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妇女参与孟加拉国政治、性别墙和配额

本文提供了对孟加拉国女国家议员和地方政府议员进行访谈的定性数据，这些数据涉及妇女参与选举政治的障碍。证据表明，由体制、历史、社会经济和文化因素构成的性别墙继续阻碍孟加拉国妇女充分参与国家和地方各级的正式政治。由于孟加拉国现在通过为女性政治家保留席位来实施平权行动政策，因此产生的问题是，这在多大程度上可以被视为对抗性别歧视的有用的长期战略。