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The blame game: Analyzing gender bias in Danish local elections

Diagnosing women’s under-representation in electoral politics often involves a “blame game,” seeking to identify the primary factor responsible for depressing the share of women among candidates as well as elected officials. The Danish electoral...

The 2021 federal German election: A gender and intersectional analysis (Picture: Sage Journals)

Monday, July 11, 2022

The 2021 federal German election: A gender and intersectional analysis

Sage Journals

On 26 September 2021, Germans elected the 20th Bundestag. This election was special in many ways. The article analyses the electoral campaign, voting behaviour, turnout, and the formation of a new coalition government by using a gender and...

The cost of doing politics: A critical discursive analysis of Australian liberal politicians’ responses to accusations by female politicians of bullying and intimidation - Australian Journal of Social Issue

Monday, March 28, 2022

The cost of doing politics: A critical discursive analysis of Australian liberal politicians’ responses to accusations by female politicians of bullying and intimidation

Wiley Online Library

Recent conversations prompted by the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have put issues of workplace sexism, sexual harassment and sexual assault into the global spotlight. This paper examines how members of the Australian Liberal Party made sense of,...

The invisible danger of the 'glass cliff’ / Getty Images - BBC

Monday, February 07, 2022

The invisible danger of the 'glass cliff’

BBC

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. When Carol Bartz was appointed CEO at Yahoo in January 2009, the internet company was...

This one’s for the boys: how gendered political socialization limits girls’ political ambition and interest /Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash

Thursday, January 27, 2022

This one’s for the boys: how gendered political socialization limits girls’ political ambition and interest

By Angela L. Bos, Jill S. Greenlee, Mirya R. Holman, Zoe M. Oxley and J. Celeste Lay This article develops and tests a new theoretical framework, gendered political socialization, which offers important insights into how children perceive gender in...

The continuum of election violence: Gendered candidate experiences in the Maldives - Photo by Olia Gozha on Unsplash

Tuesday, November 02, 2021

The continuum of election violence: Gendered candidate experiences in the Maldives

Sage Journals

Abstract Research on election violence often does not capture its psychological and gendered dimensions. Gender differences on the continuum of violence, as acknowledged in other fields, are applied here to election violence. Specifically, this...

Tuesday, August 03, 2021

The persistence of social norms, family formation, and gender balance in politics

Abstract Throughout history, most positions of political power have been held by men, and despite numerous laws and regulations aimed at increasing gender equality in society and politics, the majority of democratic assemblies remain predominantly...

Rice University http://news.rice.edu/2021/02/22/campaign-promises-more-likely-to-be-kept-by-governments-run-by-women-research-shows/

Wednesday, March 03, 2021

The Effects of Women's Descriptive Representation on Government Behavior

Wiley Online Library

Abstract Does the representation of women in cabinet and party leadership positions affect whether governments are more or less likely to fulfill the policy promises they make during election campaigns? This research note studies the effects of...

Friday, July 05, 2019

The cost of doing politics? Analyzing violence and harassment against female politicians

Violence against women in politics is increasingly recognized around the world as a significant barrier to women’s political participation, following a troubling rise in reports of assault, intimidation, and abuse directed at female politicians. Yet...

Monday, November 19, 2018

The law and violence against women in politics

Cambridge

Latin America has been at the vanguard in implementing diverse strategies to combat violence against women in politics (VAWIP). In 2012, Bolivia became the first country to criminalize “political violence and harassment against women” with Law 243....

Friday, November 16, 2018

Turning the tide on violence against women in politics: How are we measuring up?

Violence against women in politics (VAWP) is a human rights violation, as it prevents the realization of political rights. Violence against women in political and public life can be understood as “any act or threat of gender-based violence,...

Monday, March 27, 2017

The Price of Power: Power Seeking and Backlash Against Female Politicians

In an effort to address the persistent gender gap at the highest levels of political office, this study investigates one of the stereotype-based social costs that women face as political candidates. Because power and power-seeking are central to the...

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

The ‘Joyce Banda Effect’: Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour in Malawi

In the 2014 elections in Malawi, the incumbent female president Joyce Banda lost the presidency, and the number of women MPs was reduced from 43 to 33. This decline in women representation came despite opinion polls showing strong support for women’...

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

The 10 best and worst countries for female public leaders – in charts

How much progress are women really making as public leaders? We’ve gleaned the statistics to find out where women are getting to the top, as both public officials and parliamentarians. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as of 1 January 2015...

Monday, August 18, 2014

Tunisian Women: Political Role, Gains and Challenges (The Case of Parity)

2011 was the year where Tunisian history suddenly witnessed a significant turnout by the outbreak of the popular uprising in Tunisia causing the fall of the authoritarian regime. That revolutionary movement led to free elections of the National...

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Tunisia: The Collective Making of a Constitution

Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) session held on 26 January 2014 did not put an end to disagreements among its members. However, it did represent the culmination of the work done by members. These members were elected by people on 23...

Friday, October 25, 2013

The Paradox of Gender Responsive Budgeting (India)

Despite the steps towards gender responsive budgeting, the budgetary allocations for promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment show a decline. Not only has the magnitude of the gender budget as a proportion of the total expenditure of the...

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

The Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India

Using state-level variation in the timing of political reforms, we find that an increase in female representation in local government induces a large and significant rise in documented crimes against women in India. Our evidence suggests that this...