Journal of Women, Politics & Policy

Why do politicians support quotas that threaten their careers? A must-read: Resistance to Gender Quotas in Latin America by @malugatto.bsky.social shows how career incentives drive hidden resistance—and how women + courts push reform forward. Review by @anacweeks.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yvtzk4br

In Brazil, quotas for women have underperformed. How was Brazil's gender equality machinery mobilized to address policy deficiencies? This article looks at the limits of quota reform and the importance of sustained issue prioritization and diversified institutional strategies. tinyurl.com/2c5n374c

What is the role of courts and #campaignfinance in advancing #womensrepresentation in #Brazil? Coordination across parliament, parties, civil society, and the judiciary creates alternative pathways for women’s political opportunities. Read here: tinyurl.com/54y7addm @kristinwylie.bsky.social

From our special issue: Can female legislators be loyal party members AND represent women's interests under autocracy? This analysis of Morocco's parliament (2011-2021) says yes—especially when autocrats promote gender reforms. More at tinyurl.com/4xr7vshm @shalaby12.bsky.social #morocco

From our special issue: Women’s political exclusion often begins before election day. In Japan’s local politics, opaque party endorsement works as an “invisible barrier,” constraining women’s agency through discretionary gatekeeping long before voters reach the ballot.  tinyurl.com/3m7ztwj8

How do feminists change parties from within? New article on Uruguay’s Frente Amplio shows how critical feminist actors used reflexive strategies, working behind the scenes and with key allies to achieve incremental change over a decade. #FeministPolitics #LatinAmerica --> tinyurl.com/2uaby38b

Sneak peek at our SPECIAL ISSUE, "Political Parties and Women’s Agency: Old Challenges and New Trends" - guest editors Teresa Sacchet, Kristin Wylie, and Simone Bohn! @drsombomuzata.bsky.social explores factors that limit women's political participation in Zambia Read here: tinyurl.com/4tznbfv6

Through a 1979-2021 dataset and case studies of Ursula von der Leyen, Catherine Day, and Christine Lagarde, Müller and Tömmel explore women’s pathways to EU leadership: factors that must be in place for access to leadership positions, and gender inequalities that persist. tinyurl.com/5n8r9uzn

How did governments tackle the “shadow pandemic” of violence against women during COVID-19? Looking at Argentina, Brazil, Fiji and Uzbekistan, this study identifies four distinct pathways to action. Full article: tinyurl.com/dcnfbmnv #VAW #COVID #feminism #GBV @silkestaab.bsky.social

Bauer et al. explore the connections between candidate gender, feminist identities & emotional engagement in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. Results suggest women candidates may not increase emotional engagement of feminists in future elections. tinyurl.com/5n895unx #feminist #elections

Survey data from 136 Spanish female politicians reveals that the personal, professional and social experiences of women in politics do not differ significantly depending on their ideological positions. Full article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #womeninpolitics #spanishpolitics #spain

EU official interviews re: Sweden's 2014 Feminist Foreign Policy & its 2022 repeal show a largely positive view of Swedish gender equality leadership. But post FFP, Sweden is not seen as *the* leader of EU gender equality, with less active/visible leadership. Full article: tinyurl.com/yz829a6e

Bridging the Gap shows how women reshape lawmaking in Mexico’s state congresses. 47k bills are used to uncover how gender & institutions drive substantive representation. #GenderPolitics #Representation #Mexico Full article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How do IPOB women reshape what we think of as “political”? Akande reimagines secessionist politics in Nigeria through women’s participation, challenging colonial legacies and Eurocentric definitions #IPOB #AfricanPolitics #GenderStudies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Happy New Year! Over the next week or so, we'll be highlighting some articles from Volume 47, Issue 1 of the Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy. Keep us on your radar! For the full issue: www.tandfonline.com/toc/wwap20/4...

Examining men and women donors v non-donors in the R Party, Baker and Schneider find that R women donors’ preferences converge with men’s. But, women non-donors are more moderate than women congressional donors (& all R men). Rs exhibit unexpected ideological heterogeneity. #GenderSky #PoliSky

Is the gender gap in political ambition smaller for non-elected (vs elected) positions? Based on an original survey among young population in Belgium, Wauters and coauthors find a gender gap for all political roles that disappears when controlling for structural factors. Read more now 👇 #GenderSky

Out now! "The Catch-22 of Conflict and Women’s Candidacies: Evidence from Afghanistan’s Legislative Elections in 2010 and 2018" by Victoria Stratton, Thorin Wright and Magda Hinojosa.

In this new article, Lambert and Pineda Moquete explore municipal gender quotas and substantive representation in the Dominican Republic, where quotas apply to most—but not all—seats. They find that female politicians are champions of women's interests, raising awareness and driving policy change.

New open access research from Vacaflores and Stephenson! DRW = SRW? A study of private member’s bills in Aus (1995-2022) shows gendered differences in policy proposals. Women MPs propose more bills, on more feminized issues, using more human-centered language. #GenderRepresentation #PolicyResearch

Interested in gender and political parties❓✅ Looking for an outlet for your research❓✅ Want to work with awesome guest editors❓✅ Check out this 🚨Call for Papers🚨 for JWPP's 2026 Special Issue with guest editors Teresa Sacchet, Simone Bohn, and Kristin Wylie!

In this article, Nichole Bauer finds that strong partisans with high levels of sexism exhibit higher levels of ambivalence toward Democratic and Republican women candidates. These ambivalent attitudes were especially strong in 2016 where voters had more ambivalence about Clinton relative to Trump.

It's mid-September, and we bid you remember, check out our new issue full of great research on politics and gender! See the lineup at: www.tandfonline.com/toc/wwap20/4...

In this recent article, Collin Coil, Natalie Williamson, Caroline Bruckner, Karen O’Connor, and Jeff Gill draw attention to the striking lack of women testifying before Congress and highlight factors that could drive diversity and inclusion on witness panels. Read more here 👇

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 The term “women of color” (WOC) is widely used in US politics. But which women do white Americans perceive to be included in the group “women of color”? This study analyzes the boundary drawing effects of whites’ perception of which racial/ethnic groups are believed to be WOC.

Thinking about Kamala Harris's candidacy for president? Check out this insightful work by Evelyn Simien, using an intersectional approach to analyze symbolic empowerment & Ayanna Pressley's 2018 midterm campaign. A useful, contextually relevant framework and example of how to study historic firsts!

Take a gander at this new research from Philip Chen, Melanee Thomas, Tania Gosselin, & Allison Harell! They contribute to the literature on gender and candidate emergence using a survey experiment set in the context of Canada's multiparty system. See the results and explanation at the link below!!

How do we measure sex & gender? Recent work has critiqued traditional measures which conflate the two. This paper presents the results of 15 focus groups w/regular people & chronicles a) how folks think about their gender; & b) how info from these self-reflections can help us measure gender better.

How do LGTBQIA* organizations frame issues and discuss solidarity with other organizations on social media? Learn about this and more in Aurora Perego's recent article "Solidarity Through Difference? How Italian and Spanish LGBTQIA* Organizations Frame Solidarity Through an Intersectional Lens"!

Kicking off Pride by highlighting this article on LGBTQ candidates: A new pre-registered study by Howard and Wehde finds US public does not penalize transwomen more than transmen political candidates; however, bisexual candidates are penalized less than gay candidates. Find out more here:

Start your week with a just-published article by Ruprecht & Zumbrunn! Gender stereotypes matter for female candidates’ election chances: In Switzerland, voters holding male issue stereotypes are more likely to elect male candidates, while those with female issue stereotypes elect female candidates.

Among the articles included in the amazing special issue on Dobbs v. Jackson is this piece by Pamela Sandberg, in which Sandberg examines what groups have become legal targets in the wake of Dobbs, including medically compromised patients, the intellectually disabled, immigrants, and doctors.

New week, new issue! Vol. 45 Issue 2 of JWPP is available now at the link below with five great research articles in the field of gender and politics.

In a 🚨New Article🚨 Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social explains how a small group of activists got a low salience political issue on legislative agendas across the United States. Lusvardi finds that traumatic storytelling was a key element in agenda setting on the movement to end child marriage.

New article from JWPP! Ditonto and Mattes analyze how sexism and gender-based prejudices may influence voters’ emotions in response to female political candidates in general and to those who violate gender norms, finding strong differences in emotional responses between sexist and nonsexist voters.

Call for Papers👀: Gendered Experiences of Democracy👇 The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy is looking to continue its string of fantastic special issues (check 'em out here -> www.tandfonline.com/journals/wwa... ) with an issue on democracy and gender. See the full call below and propose a paper!