Women in Politics in Slovenia

With the upcoming elections in Slovenia we have recieved some questions from our users about women's political participation in Slovenia. We received questions about whether having more women in government makes a difference for other women, especially since Slovenia has a female Prime Minister? To what extent have gender quotas been effective and have there been any other notable good practices in increasing women’s political participation ? Finally, is there a discrepancy in levels of women’s political participation at the European, national and local levels? Where do women find more challenges?