La paridad de género en el acceso y ejercicio del poder público en el Ecuador contemporáneo, años 2015-2020.

Abstract

In this research, an analysis of gender parity in access to power in Ecuador was carried out, with the aim of identifying the fundamental milestones of women's participation in politics, their constitutional and legal regulation, and the current situation. until 2020 regarding gender parity in access to public office in the five functions of the Ecuadorian State, which are the legislative, executive, judicial, electoral, and transparency and social control functions. After the documentary review carried out and the generalization of the results based on the distinctions made in the theoretical framework, it was concluded that gender parity does not depend solely on the existence of laws that determine participation quotas, but also of the will to carry out a transformation in political participation, with special emphasis on the mechanisms for women's entry into politics, where the positions that are filled by appointment are the ideal way for women to occupy relevant positions, but it is the mechanism that is least used for this in Ecuador, as the analysis of the relationship between public offices, forms of access and gender parity demonstrated.