DOI
10.64628/AAI.fcdnc73wd
Abstract
Quotas designed to bring gender parity to parliaments have an overall positive impact on support for female political leadership – especially after women members of parliament take office. Furthermore, there is no evidence of a backlash among men.
That’s what I found in a study published in October 2025 looking at the impact of gender-parity quotas in Namibia, in sub-Saharan Africa.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-16-2026
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Recommended Citation
Chlouba, Vladimir, "Seeing Women Govern Encourages Support for Women in politics – with no apparent backlash among men" (2026). Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications. 527.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/jepson-faculty-publications/527
