The impact of women's political representation on child health outcomes during 1990–2020: Evidence from a global dataset

N Rustagi, S Akter - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the impact of women's political representation on children's health
outcomes from 1990 to 2020 using a global dataset comprising 162 countries. The child …

Representation matters? Female legislators and women's health in Bangladesh

O Shammama, S Brazys - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Women's political representation has increased substantially over recent decades due to
concerted efforts, including quotas, to increase female legislative representation in electoral …

Increased female political representation associated with lower county-level uninsured and preventable hospitalizations rates in the United States, 2013–2018

SY Liu - Public Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Although women comprise 50% of the population, females remain
underrepresented in government. Inequitable female political representation, a form of …

[HTML][HTML] A five-nation study of the impact of political leaning and perception of crisis severity on the preference for female and minority leaders during the COVID-19 …

R Takizawa, S Robinson, C Aelenei, V Iacoviello… - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Research on underrepresented groups in leadership has shown that women and ethnic
minorities are preferred as leaders during a crisis. In the present study, we investigated …

[PDF][PDF] Gendering Leadership and Policy during Covid-19: Jacinda Ardern and the women's vote

J Curtin, VKG Woodman, L Greaves - A TEAM OF FIVE MILLION?, 2024 - library.oapen.org
During the first six months of 2020, international media focussed on whether women political
leaders were more effective than their male counterparts at managing the Covid-19 crisis …

[PDF][PDF] From Descriptive to Substantive Representation of Women in Times of Crisis-The Case of Latin American Countries

CS Kim, S Lee - Asian Women, 2024 - e-asianwomen.org
We aim to reinforce the existing research by providing further evidence that an increase in
the proportion of women in governing positions can contribute to an increase in the …