Outreach

Many political parties around the world have discovered that canvassing women and addressing issues relevant to them can have an enormous impact on the parties’ electoral chances. These parties have therefore sought ways to further incorporate and, in some cases, institutionalize a focus on women’s concerns by forming women’s wings or policy committees and conducting public opinion research on issues affecting women. In all cases, these practices serve to increase a party’s outreach to women, to increase a party’s attention to women’s concerns and to craft tailored and effective policies. You will learn about political parties’ outreach in this section.

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