Author(s)

Chelo Kpats Guyguy

College of Sociology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.

The political field is a space where women are represented through the process of legitimizing naturalistic ideology. It provides a room for women to present their issues about political, social and economic development for the benefits of the nation and the world. Gender participation in politics is a special aspect, and no women should be left behind regardless of her difference of race, gender and religion. In the political institutions, parity is socially constructed as masculine in many societies. Gender parity is an issue which has been discussed worldwide within International and National Organizations on how to promote equal opportunity between men and women for good governance. Women have been facing many challenges in participating in political institutions. However, the political obstacles are not the least the resignation of a woman from her responsibilities as wife and mother. Women should be given equal chance with men to participate in political institutions for individual and nation development. The battle for gender-parity, which resulted in the enactment of the Parity Act in October 2015 in Congo aimed to promote gender equity and equal rights, opportunities throughout national life. This may include the equitable participation of women and men in the management of State affairs. Unfortunately, this Act did not meet the expectations of its application. In this paper, the discussion also includes the concept of gender and the beginning of gender awareness among the group of elite women in the USA that is known as Feminism. The paper also discusses the significance of conducting field research to prove the low representation of women in the Congolese national executive, Legal and policy framework for the advancement of women in the DR.Congo: status of gender parity in the institutions of the DR.Congo from February 2006 to March 2018. It is clear that policy of recognition should be created and strengthened to promote social status, i.e. the status of women as full partners in the political interaction. Furthermore, the paper points out factors contributing to low representation of women in political institutions. The paper further provides an argument on the importance of gender parity in political institutions in the nation.

Gender-Parity, Political Institutions, Emergence and Good Governance

Guyguy, C. (2020) Parity in Political Institutions in the DR.Congo for the Emergence of the Good Governance: Low Representation of Women in the National Executive Institutions. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 210-231. doi: 10.4236/jss.2020.85015.