In democracies, power is obtained via competition. Yet, as women gain access to
parliaments in record numbers, worldwide collaboration appears to be on the rise. This is …

Violence and intimidation against politicians is gaining attention in research on obstacles to
political gender equality, but we still do not know whether women experience more violence …

One potential consequence of increasing women's numeric representation is that women
elected officials will behave differently than their men counterparts and improve women's …

There is a scarcity of women at the apex of political power, as well as a lack of methods to
disentangle the potential sources of this under-representation. This article suggests a four …

Though parity is still rare, presidential cabinets contain more women than ever before. Who
are these women and what types of political capital resources do they bring to the …

Do gender quota laws-policies that mandate women's inclusion on parties' candidate slates-
affect policy outcomes? Making Gender Salient tackles this crucial question by offering a …

Research continues to find gender inequality in politics and political communication, but our
understanding of the variation in the degree of bias across systems is limited. A recent meta …

Gender serves as a lens that makes visible important issues in the field of representation:
Whom do elected politicians represent? What is at stake in the parliamentary process? What …

Abstract The European Parliament is often presented as a success story regarding women's
representation. Yet, recent studies observe gendered patterns in parliamentary behaviour …

In this article, we investigate whether and how political parties function as gate-keepers in
determining gender differentiations in committee appointments by using the Italian …