Analysis from the Guardian shows that of the 42 elections – both presidential and parliamentary – in which the country’s leader is being selected and where candidates have been declared, just 18 have women in the running to be leader.
With a combined population of more than 2 billion, elections in the world’s biggest democracies – the US, Indonesia and India – have, or had, no female frontrunners.
The challenges faced by female politicians are perhaps best exemplified in the US, where female representation in politics still lags behind many other wealthy nations. Hillary Clinton made history as the first woman to win her party’s nomination in 2016 – while Kamala Harris became the country’s first female vice-president in 2021.
Polling shows that in general, Americans are open to electing a female leader. A 2023 survey from Pew Research found that 53% of the population say there are too few women in high political offices, while 81% accept that female politicians have to do more to prove themselves than their male peers. But when it comes to why voters continually fail to select female candidates, studies show their stated reasons are often more nuanced – and therefore harder to combat.
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