User:Emmap2/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Women and Campaign Finance


 * Article Evaluation
 * This doesn't currently have it's own article. While it is briefly mentioned within the larger article Women in government as a means to create equality in women's representation, the article fails to reflect the challenges of women in regards to campaign financing as a whole. This topic deserves its own article focusing on the challenges of women in fundraising, and how those challenges differ in different types of electoral systems. Campaign financing remains a major factor in how successful campaigns are, and thus deserves a unique article reflecting on this key aspect of politics through the lens of gender.


 * Sources
 * Piscopo, Jennifer M., Magda Hinojosa, Gwynn Thomas, and Peter M. Siavelis. "Follow the Money: Gender, Incumbency, and Campaign Funding in Chile." Comparative Political Studies (2021).
 * Crespin, Michael H ; Deitz, Janna L. "If You Can't Join 'Em, Beat 'Em: The Gender Gap in Individual Donations to Congressional Candidates." Political research quarterly, 2010-09-01, Vol.63 (3), p.581-593.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Voluntary Political Quotas in South Africa


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is not currently an article on voluntary political party quotas and women's representation at all. This seems to be a broad topic to cover, so in the interest of narrowing scope, focusing on the political party quotas in South Africa that are voluntary is a good focus point. South Africa is an interesting case that deserves its own article because it's primary political party, the ANC, has a voluntary quota, while other parties in the country do not. It would be worth creating an independent article in order to examine the differences between women's representation at a national and subnational level due to these voluntary quotas.


 * Sources
 * Muriaas, Ragnhild L, Kayuni, Happy M. "The reversed contagion effect: Explaining the unevenness of women's representation across South African municipalities." Women's studies international forum, 2013-11, Vol.41, p.150-159.
 * Bauer, Grettchen. Women in African Parliaments. 2006.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Women and Gender Equality Bill 2013


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article currently does not exist, but the Women and Gender Equality Bill of 2013 (WEGE) in South Africa was an important effort to move forward women's representation in politics in the country. While the country previously had voluntary political party quotas, this bill provided legislative framework for ensuring that those quotas were enacted everywhere. As such, the bill deserves its own article in how it has impacted women's representation in South Africa.


 * Sources

Hills, Janine. "Adressing Gender Quotas in South Africa: women empowerment and gender equality legislation." Deakin Law Review, 2015, vol. 20 (1), p. 153-184.

Bauer, Grettchen. Women in African Parliaments. 2006.

The text of the bill itself: https://static.pmg.org.za/bill50b_2013_1_1.pdf.""