A few months ago, it was election time  in my daughter’s school. In the fray for five positions on the council were nine boys and three girls. “It is a hopeless case. I don’t think there is any point standing for the elections,” confessed my daughter. The boys will win.”  “How can you say that? […]

The low female representation in the Parliament makes us question whether people resist electing female politicians in the first place. However, a recent study by the Pew Research Centre says that two-thirds of people in the US believe it’s easier for men to be elected to high political office than women. The most common reason cited […]