№3, 2009 The international schemes of implementing the gender equality in the elective authorities: conclusions for the UkraineIn the problem of providing the gender balance of the elective authorities a very important role plays the political culture of the people in general, and the gender culture particularly. It has its own mental and historical traditions, but not a single value or the norm stays the same. The world changes ,and that means its realities also change. The process of dividing the power appears to be non-ordinary, since the XX century became a gender break-through in the field of the political leadership. Oksana YAROSH |