Why Autocrats Adopt Gender Quotas?

• In Event: Political Dynamics in Autocratic Regimes

Brief Overview

Why do autocrats adopt gender quotas? We argue that electoral gender quotas do not significantly improve women’s rights but significantly reduced the attention on human rights abuses from international society.

Authors

• Yuan Zhou, Kobe University

• Ghashia Kiyani, Kansas State University

• Charles Crabtree, Dartmouth College