Guests: Lena Wängnerud and Valeriya Mechkova, both from the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. In the episode you are about to hear, host Ellen Lust talk with Lena and Valeriya about women's political representation. Both in terms of female members in political parties, parliaments and councils, and also in terms of the priority of political issues that apply more to women, such as health care and maternity leave. They do so by looking at historical and contextual factors, highlighting important variations in representation at local, regional, and national levels. Can women's representation be effective in autocracies? Is female inclusion in parliaments just a political strategy to appear modern? And what does it mean for the everyday life of citizens when their ruling parties are gender-equal? Tune in to thoughts on those questions and much more!
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