Gender Studies MCQs Part VII

11 AWSA stands ________________________.

American Woman Suffrage Association

12 NAWSA stands for _____________________.

National American Women Suffrage Association

13 NAWSA was formed in ___________ by merging _______________ and _______________.

1890, NWSA, AWSA

14 Congressional Union was formed in_______ by _________ and _____________.

1914, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns

15 In 1916 the Congressional Union was renamed as ___________.

National Woman’s Party (NWP)

16 The widely reserved minimum percentage of women representation in any parliament is _______________.

 30%

17 As of 1^st May 2015 report, the percentage of female parliamentarians around the world stood at __________.

22.1%

18 _____________ has the highest number of women parliamentarians worldwide.

Rwanda

19 In Rwanda, women have _________ seats in lower house.

63.8%

20 Gender is a term refers to _____________________ distinction between males and females.

Social and cultural