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This report sheds light on the challenges facing women in Kuwait to play a more substantive role in the decision-making process.

In April 2015, Chile passed a gender quota law as part of a larger reform to the country’s election laws. Quotas are not new to Latin America, and Chile is, in fact, one of the last countries in the region to adopt such a law. Yet, expectations for success must be tempered by what scholars know about making quotas effective for increasing women’s legislative representation. Analysis of gender quota laws in Latin America suggests that Chile’s quota may be less effective than proponents hope.

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“I, a girl, am going down to Tahrir Square, and I…

A Civic Scientist Précis on Neal Lane, Ph.D.