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Women in Parliaments Worldwide: Strategies for Reaching the Top?

On April 26, 2023, the GIGA Forum will examine global disparities in women's parliamentary representation and the underlying causes. EAF Director Cécile Weidhofer will join experts and scholars for this public event.

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26.04.2023

Women's representation in parliaments varies significantly across the globe. While women make up more than half of the members of parliament in Rwanda and New Zealand, they represent only a small minority in Nigeria and Japan. In some countries, the number of women in parliament is stagnating, whereas in South Africa and Senegal, women have rapidly achieved high levels of parliamentary representation. What can we learn from these diverse global developments about how to increase the number of women in parliaments?

In this GIGA Forum, experts will discuss global disparities in women's parliamentary representation and their causes. Drawing on their expertise from various contexts in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, they will identify the reasons for women's political presence or exclusion and evaluate strategies for increasing the number of women in politics.

Panelists:

Prof. Gretchen Bauer is a professor at the University of Delaware and is currently working at the Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA).
Tara Krishnaswamy is the co-founder of Political Shakti, an organization dedicated to increasing the representation of women in Indian politics.
Dr. Daniela Osorio Michel is a research fellow at the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies.
Prof. Marwa Shalaby is a research fellow in the Departments of Gender and Women's Studies and Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cécile Weidhofer is the director of the Helene Weber Kolleg, a network for empowering women in local politics in Germany.
Moderator: Juliana Tappe Ortiz is a research fellow at the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies.