Why Minority Women have the Edge in Many Parliaments Worldwide

• In Event: Minority Women’s Pathways to Power: Explaining Representation Across the World

Brief Overview

This paper examines why minority women in some countries achieve higher legislative representation than dominant-group women, highlighting case studies and mechanisms that help explain this unexpected representational edge.

Authors

• Aili M. Tripp, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• Valeria Umanets, Tulane University