Woman Vs. Church: How Female Mayors Implement Reproductive Health Policies in Strongholds of the Catholic Church in the Philippines

• In Event: Women's Representation and Policy Outcomes

Brief Overview

Female leaders differentially increased reproductive health spending after the passage of a reproductive health law in the Philippines, but only in areas that are not bastions of the Catholic Church.

Authors

• Nina Katherine Siegel McMurry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Nico Ravanilla, University of California-San Diego