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Between Westminster and Brussels: Putting the “Parliament” in parliamentary ethnography

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August 12, 2022

Between Westminster and Brussels: Putting the “Parliament” in parliamentary ethnography

Gender and politics scholars are increasingly making appeals to ethnographic methodology to bring important contributions to understand the reproduction of gender, gender hierarchies, gendered relations, and their redress in parliamentary settings.

Gender and politics scholars are increasingly making appeals to ethnographic methodology to bring important contributions to understand the reproduction of gender, gender hierarchies, gendered relations, and their redress in parliamentary settings.

Women on Board - European Parliament
June 9, 2022
Women on boards: deal to boost gender balance in companies
  • 40% of non-executive director posts should go to the under-represented sex 
  • Dissuasive penalties for non-compliance 

How women have come to hold the top post in 13 out of 45 countries in Europe

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June 1, 2022

How women have come to hold the top post in 13 out of 45 countries in Europe

European countries began electing women in top posts from the late 1970s, though the first woman to head a government in the world was Sri Lanka's PM Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

European countries began electing women in top posts from the late 1970s, though the first woman to head a government in the world was Sri Lanka's PM Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

More representation but not influence: women in the European Parliament

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February 1, 2022

More representation but not influence: women in the European Parliament

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.

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.

Women in politics: local and European trends

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January 20, 2022

Women in politics: local and European trends

The primary objective of this 2019 CEMR study on women in politics is to evaluate the progression of women’s representation in decision-making over a ten-year period and to present an overview of the current situation.

The primary objective of this 2019 CEMR study on women in politics is to evaluate the progression of women’s representation in decision-making over a ten-year period and to present an overview of the current situation.

La candidata del PPE, Roberta Metsola, será elegida este martes presidenta de la Eurocámara. Créditos: Europa Press
January 18, 2022
Malta’s Roberta Metsola elected EU Parliament's third woman president

Centre-right Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola, chosen Tuesday as only the third woman to head the European Parliament, is viewed as a political moderate despite controversy over her anti-abortion stance.

December 2, 2021
Women in power: How many European countries have female leaders?

Magdalena Andersson has become Sweden's first female prime minister.

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Enhancing participation of women from under-represented groups in political and public decision-making

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June 28, 2021

Enhancing participation of women from under-represented groups in political and public decision-making

PACE called on member States to promote the participation of women from under-represented groups in political decision-making by acting at several lev

PACE called on member States to promote the participation of women from under-represented groups in political decision-making by acting at several lev