of slightly different paths in which gender disparities have evolved over time. While in EU-15 women participation in …The aim of this paper is to examine the issues of gender disparities in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS … conducted in several dimensions: labour participation, economic opportunity, political empowerment, educational attainment, and …

-Saharan Africa. This gender difference in politics has been found in numerous studies and may hinder the much needed legitimation of … democracy in this region. This paper addresses the question of whether this observed gender gap is due to the omission of social … institutions related to gender inequality, something that affects women's daily life and deprives them of autonomy at home. We …