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Advancing women’s political participation needs to go beyond legal and policy reforms.

Invisible barriers: How social norms keep women out of leadership roles

As women gain political ground around the world, there is hope that the election of more women might also mean cleaner government. But is this the case?

The 2020 U.S. Census found that Asian Americans were the fastest-growing segment of the U.S.

Quotas designed to bring gender parity to parliaments have an overall positive impact on support for female political leadership – especially after women members of parliament take office. Furthermore, there is no evidence of a backlash among men.

Nigeria’s renewed push to correct decades of severe gender imbalance in political representation has thrust one proposal to the centre of national debate: the Reserved Seats Bill, a constitutional amendment legislation seeking to create additional elective seats exclusi

As Bangladesh moves towards its 13th national parliamentary election, the issue of women's political representation has once again come into sharp focus.

This data story looks at the economic empowerment of women over the past decade and a half across selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Liban, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine*, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria,