More than fifty countries have adopted quota laws to regulate the selection or election of women to political office …. This suggests that states have begun to identify quotas as a new state-led strategy for incorporating women into public … life and, by extension, for promoting feminist aims to improve women's overall social, economic, and political status. This …

This paper problematises the ways women’s leadership has been understood in relation to male leadership rather than on … its own terms. Focusing specifically on ethical leadership, we challenge and politicise the symbolic status of women in … ethics based on feminised ideals such as care and empathy are problematic in their typecasting of women as being simply the …