Academic Paper / Article

Public approval is a crucial source of executive power in presidential systems. Does the public support female and male presidents similarly?

South Africa has made great strides in establishing a constitutional and legislative framework for building a participatory democracy.

Although Sri Lanka has 51% women, their participation in local governance as well as in the national parliament is 5% in total.

Women are underrepresented in most elected and appointed positions in local government in the United States.

Gender quotas have diffused rapidly around the globe in recent decades, suggesting widespread and dramatic transformations in women's access to political power.

Gender quotas are a means to improve women’s political representation. This article examines the impact of Jordan’s municipal quota enacted in 2007. The quota drew into the political arena women who would otherwise not have run for office.

Inclusive politics remains an elusive goal in Pakistan, which has a history of military interference in governance institutions, unstable elected governments and internecine conflict.

Recent years have witnessed a troubling rise in reports of assault, intimidation, and abuse directed at politically active women.

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.