Population Policy

Running head: POPULATION POLICY
Population Policy
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The political system of Australia is now in a transformation phase in which the
reservation for the women in the parliament is highly preferred. In Australia, it is reported
that, the number of women in the Australian Parliament is very less in numbers. So, it is the
high time to introduce the quota system for the women participation in the Australian
Parliament. In various countries of this world, there is a quota system for the women
participation in the parliament of the country [2]. For example, it can be said that, the
countries like India, has created quotas for 100000 women leaders [9]. Moreover, it is quite
evident that, they are also treated equally as well in the country. It is reported that the
Australian Parliament has not adequate numbers of women senators and that is why the
government is thinking about the enhancement of the female participation in the country as
well as over the year, the numbers of female senators enhances a little only [3]. In this essay,
the aspects of quota, merits are discussed with special emphasis on the women participation
of Australian Parliament. Along with this, it is also discussed that how this condition has
changed over the time in different cultural context.
The term quota in the political system of a country refers to the affirmative measures
that forms a particular percentage for the representation or nomination of a particular
population. It is generally reported that, the quota system generally, try to enhance the
number of participation in the particular system so that they can be in the decision making
positions with the other population group. Therefore, it can be said that, the quota system
generally try to enhance the participation of a particular population group in a system or
protocol [8]. The quota system can be designed as gender specific ways or gender-neutral
ways. In Australia, the in the parliament, it is reported that, the number of women is very less
so by introducing the quota in the system for the women, the government tries to increase the
women participation in this process [9]. On the other hand, the merit system in a federal

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government refers to the system principle that ensures the recruitment of an individual in a
post based on their performances.
In the federal government system, introduction of merit system allows the political
parties to engage more party workers in the parliament system as well. In most of the cases, it
is observed that, the political parties try to engage more people in the parliament who are
working for the party for a long period of time. So, it is quite possible that due to the merit
policy of a political party, the women are underrepresented in the parliamentary system of the
country. In case of Australian Parliament, this under representation of woman population in
the parliament is one of the serious issues as well. Therefore, the term target refers to the
targeting of voters by the politicians during the voting campaign as well [8]. Thus, it can be
said that, it is the undetachable part of the politics irrespective of countries and it is also quite
true for Australia.
Gender quotas of Australia, generally represent a method of enhancing the numbers of
female in representative in the Australian parliament as in past, there is a clear discrimination
on the women regarding the women participation in the parliament as well. In this country,
the this quota system in the political context is a central part of Australia’s work force
participation as in 1986, Australian Parliament passed a equality legislation. However, over
the time, the issue of priority is changed greatly and from 2010, the country’s focus has
changed a lot from the initial time and from 2010, the Australian government tries to ensure
the presence of at least 40 per cent women and men in the all Australian government board
by the end of 2015 as well [1]. Although, Australia is the first country to grant the voting
rights of the women and along with this, they also allow the women to stand for the federal
parliament and thus Australia has become the first country in the world to do this. However,
it took almost 41 years to enter a woman in the federal parliament of Australia. In a last few
years, the participation of women, in the federal parliament has a decreased a lot and as a