Academic Paper / Article

In Ghana, the recent push for a gender equality bill is a crucial step toward enhancing women’s political representation.

The number of women running for the House and Senate has dropped, including a record number of incumbent women not running for reelection.

What you need to know:

With voters heading to the polls in countries around the world, 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections.

As we navigate the complexities of the 21st century, women’s political participation and representation remain pivotal to building robust democracies and inclusive decision-making processes.

The underrepresentation of Nigerian women in governance and politics has been a longstanding issue in political discourse.

Shirley Chisholm, a Democratic congresswoman, was the first African American woman to run for president of the United States.

This article investigates legislators’ willingness to talk about gender and women during policy making discussions, asking whether it is conditional on their sex or partisanship in environments where party discipline does not constrain their speech.