All Women Short Lists in Politics

The labor party introduced in the nineties all women short lists for certain constituencies. But there were a lot of men who took great exception to that, and they actually mounted a court case it. And so labour then passed legislation making an exception for all women tulists. The change that this produced went beyond simple opjics. There is very strong evidence showing that as the percentage of male parliamentarians increases, without increasing the proportion of female members of parliament, changes where the money gets spent. So more money gets spent, for example, on education versus the military. More money gets spent on social care than, well, really than the military.