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One potential consequence of increasing women’s numeric representation is that women elected officials will behave differently than their men counterparts and improve women’s substantive representation.

Racial/ethnic minorities and women continue to be underrepresented in public office in the United States.

Although the landscape for female candidates in U.S. politics has improved, research continues to find that many voters possess sexist attitudes.

Very little research has considered how media discrimination could impact men and women’s political ambition.

Pakistan’s constitution makes no distinction between genders but women in parliament know that’s not the reality in politics.

In times of crisis, people are more likely to appoint women and people of colour to be leaders. But this puts crisis leaders in a very precarious position.

As part of last December’s Summit for Democracy, the Biden administration launched a wide range of commitments aimed at countering the troubling anti-democratic headwinds around the world.

Women remain underrepresented in political leadership in the United States and beyond.

Representing more than 447 million people across 27 countries, the European Parliament should be the poster child for the European Union’s “united in diversity” motto.