Conservative women are increasing their presence in politics – whether as elected representatives or organized as women …’s groups in civil society- and women’s role in the public and private sphere is often a core theme of centre-right parties and … policies. Nevertheless, rightist women and the role of centre-right parties are blind spots in the research on women and …

Many scholars have sought to explain the wide variation in women's legislative representation found across the globe … party system help explain the variation in women's representation. In more nationalized party systems, there is little … outcomes can overcome obstacles to women's representation similar to the way in which electoral system incentives create more …

used in the women and politics field, subsequent research has tended to apply it descriptively and uncritically, even when …

A large literature has studied the context that affects women’s numerical representation, but few have moved beyond … careers of 35.000 Swedish municipal politicians over six election cycles we first document the said gender gap. Women are … parties closes the gap, we argue that a negative bias against women among party selectors thrives in contexts where …

We study how electoral systems affect the presence of women in politics using a model in which both voters and parties …-list system increases the share of women among candidates and councilors by 2.5 percentage points, and the share of women among … mayors by 4.3 percentage points. Our model explains these results as mostly driven by voter bias against women. We provide …