This paper investigates what drives citizens' support for electoral gender quotas in less democratic settings, focusing on two Arab countries—authoritarian Morocco and transitioning Tunisia—both often cited for progressive gender policies.
Tunisia’s 2018 municipal elections adopted strict gender quotas that produced near-parity between male and female elected councilors. Yet fewer than 20% of mayors—who are chosen from among elected list-heads—were women. This research investigates why quotas raised descriptive representation on councils but failed to convert into council leadership.
This article investigates how gender quotas impact the representation of multiple disadvantaged groups.
New research examines the impact of gender balance legislation (GBL) on women's political representation in state government.
This paper examines deliberative democracy through text-as-data methods using transcripts of rural India's village assemblies (gram sabhas).
New theory challenges simplistic views of women's movement influence on policy change in Africa.
A high-profile policy experiment in India showed that reserving village leadership seats for women reduced gender stereotypes and boosted aspirations and schooling for girls. This raises two questions: do those effects generalize beyond India, and how long must quotas be in place before changes appear? This study evaluates whether six years of exposure to quota-elected women village representatives in Lesotho led to reduced citizen gender bias.