The perspective of Gender Equality

Running Head: LEADERSHIP IN CONTEXT
LEADERSHIP IN CONTEXT
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LEADERSHIP IN CONTEXT1
The video was recorded in the House of Representative in the Australian Parliament in
the year 2012. The chamber proceedings started with its clear agenda over the government
efficacy on health and cognate topics (Parlview.aph.gov.au 2012). However, situation became
infuriated on the line of women representation in power and its relevance. Therefore, it is
essential to shed some light on the relevance and importance of women representation and its
scenario in the context of Australia.
Gender equality and women representation in power in Australia is always under heavy
scrutiny from the scholarly world due to the derogatory and defaming remarks made by the male
political leaders in Australia. As per the research of Mao (2019) the problem bestows within the
understanding of the importance of women representation in power. There are still a great
number of people in Australian politics who are not considered women leaders as equal to men.
According to Erzeel and Celis (2016), these aspects relate to the ‘conflict perspective’ of
theoretical perspective of Gender Equality. It was clearly reflected in the parliamentary footage
where the then opposition leader Tony Abbott was continuously held in motion against the Prime
Minister Julia Gillard (Norman 2019). As a matter of fact, the situation went beyond control as
the Liberal Party continuously questioned the efficacy of Julia Gillard as the effective people’s
representative and set in motion with a no confidence vote. It seemed to be a very natural and
basic parliamentary proceeding where the House of Opposition left no choice to attack the
government. However, that apparently normal chamber proceeding raised question regarding the
consideration of women as the Head of the State.
Julia Gillard was the first and till date the only female Prime Minister of Australia. She
got a considerable support from the Labour Party and the people during the 2010 Leadership
Vote that culminated a huge favour for Gillard as the 27th Australian Prime Minister and the