00785pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001800040245006300058260000900121300001500130362001100145520043900156650002200595773003400617180718b2000   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDhanda, Meena  aRepresentation for women: should feminists support quotas?  c2000  ap.2969-976  a12 Aug  aJustifications for gender quotas in legislative bodies must move beyond an evaluation of the consequences of such a policy. It is a mistake to think that gender quotas will essentialise or trap women in their identity as women. Different women have been excluded from parliamentary politics in different ways, and it is necessary to devise political measures for their inclusion which take these differences into account. - Reproduced  aWomen in politics  aEconomic and Political Weekly