De Facto Suffrage: A Field Experiment to Increase Women’s Turnout in Pakistani National Elections

• In Event: Voters, Brokers and Parties in South Asia: Experimental Approaches

Brief Overview

We report results from a field experiment designed to test the effectiveness of a civic
mobilization campaign targeting men, women or both in mobilizing women's turnout in the 2018
Pakistan General Elections.

Authors

• Ali Cheema, LUMS

• Sarah Khan, Yale University

• Asad Liaqat, Harvard University

• Shandana Mohmand, IDS, Sussex