On Women’s Political Empowerment

Publish Date:17 September 2020

Saskia Brechenmacher

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Senior Fellow

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Health , International Affairs , Gender , Policy , Sexism

Article

In her latest piece for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Senior Fellow Saskia Brechenmacher discusses the tension between the inclusion of women in governing systems and the realities of the treatment of women. By highlighting the shortcomings of the current institutions that were built on exclusion, she demonstrates that mere participation does not translate to equality. To read more, see the full article here.

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