Expert responses

This consolidated response highlights the impact of religious norms and religion on women’s political participation.

This consolidated response is based on research conducted by the iKNOW Politics staff and contributions presented by the network´s experts.

This consolidated response highlights strategies and policies that may be used in addition to gender quotas by political parties to increase the numbers of women in politics.

This consolidated response highlights types of positive action measures, advocacy campaigns, women’s movements, and educational opportunities that help women in traditional and conservative societies to overcome some of the barriers that they face in politics and public life.

This consolidated response highlights various types of quotas adopted in African countries and provides details on the implementation of quotas under different electoral systems. The response also includes several annexes with data on quotas based on country and on quota type.

This consolidated response highlights some of the important aspects and examples of mainstreaming gender into legislative frameworks in the Americas.

This consolidated response is based on the contributions of iKNOW Politics Experts and a complementary research done by the iKNOW Politics team on the profile of women elected to local governments in Latin America.

This consolidated response analyzes current situation of women’s participation in local governments around the world and discusses the impact of women’s engagement in local politics.

This consolidated response highlights barriers faced by women in Muslim countries in funding their political campaigns and participating in public life.