Academic Paper / Article

Inclusive decision-making is necessary in terms of both legitimacy and good policy outcomes.

Women and girls with disabilities, who make up almost one-fifth of the world’s population of women, face significant barriers to accessing justice, due to discrimination on the basis of both gender and disability, accessibility barriers to the justic

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.