Active citizenship and political participation of women in Spain

Abstract

In this paper, some key issues of the concept of citizenship are approached from a gender perspective, understanding that it takes on its maximum meaning from the political participation of citizens as such. That positioning invites the participation of an active citizenship that, in addition to seek participation in matters that concern the community of which it is a part, contributes to reducing the existing social inequalities in today's societies. But the social and historical inequalities suffered by women hinder their participation in the democratic game, with implies political inequalities that limit their possibilities of exercising citizenship in democratic contexts, a diagnosis that is deduced after the analysis of statistical data on political participation in Spain that it's shown.