It is a well-established finding that proportional representation (PR) electoral systems are
associated with greater legislative representation for women than single member systems …

This article explores how women's descriptive representation affects legal gender equality of
economic opportunity. Building on existing studies on women's descriptive and substantive …

The Parliamentary Powers Index (PPI) developed by Fish and Kroenig (2009) is the most
important effort to date to measure legislative power in cross‐national perspective, but it has …

This study aims to explore the challenges and obstacles faced by female politicians in
Pakistani politics despite gender mainstreaming initiatives. This qualitative study was based …

This study examines the representation of women Members of Parliament on parliamentary
committees in the German Bundestag since 1990. In line with theories on the social …

This paper aims at highlighting the theoretical development of diversity management by
providing an integrated understanding of how diversity management has made progress …

Cross-national studies of women's political leadership (WPL) usually focus on female prime
ministers and presidents or numbers of women in parliament. While illuminating, these …

This chapter focuses on opportunities for and limitations to women's global political
empowerment at the organizational/institutional level by examining how legislative …

This research seeks to explore the extent of women representation on county governing
boards and tests several hypotheses to explain variation in representation. This study …

Diversity in representation is a necessary component of legislatures, both normatively and
for the best policy outcomes. Recently, women legislators have received more attention, as …