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!

Curious about the interaction of gender, campaign finance, and public opinion in US politics? Check out "Agents of Change? Women Candidates and Support for Campaign Finance Reform" - our latest article from Samantha Koprowski, Amy Benner, and Kira Sanbonmatsu!

Today, we come back to "The Politics of Radical Self-Care: Practicing Liberation for Political Resistance", a 2021 special issue edited by Zahra Ahmed. Get the full list of important and incisive articles here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/wwap20/4.... #GenderSky

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!

🚨NEW ISSUE ALERT🚨 25 million women live in states without access to abortion. The US Supreme Court's opinion in Dobbs has significantly changed the landscape of reproductive freedom in the US. Read about the extensive fallout of the Dobbs case in our special issue in @jwpp.bsky.social !

How does gender affect political mentorship opportunities? Cassidy & Clarke investigate in an experiment w/ thousands of verified activists, political donors, & party leaders. Check it out! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

male candidates get a bigger boost from incumbency and previous elected experience than female candidates in local elections www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My article on how we talk about the loss of abortion rights post-Dobbs is out! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/P2XK9... It is problematic to focus our stories on morally sympathetic characters that obscures a larger field of lack of abortion access that provides a better diagnosis of the harm of Dobbs.

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