Tunisia has its first-ever female prime minister. That’s not as good for democracy as it sounds.
Around the world, would-be authoritarians have been ‘pinkwashing’ policies that undermine democracy. Our research finds that it works.
We’re an all-women team chosen to edit political science’s flagship journal. Here’s why that matters.
Here’s the ninth in our series on the gender gap in political science.
Women are deeply involved in the Algerian protests — on International Women’s Day, and all the time
They might be the reason these protests have remained peaceful.
Where do African women have more power? Surprise — in countries emerging from war.
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Women’s rights groups in Niger push forward on gender equality
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Here are the books in the third annual African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular
[caption id="attachment_40980" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Just a few of the books
Twenty years after the most important U.N. conference on women, what – if anything – has changed?
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Five things you probably didn’t know about African politics today
Though much of the media attention on Africa highlights conflict,