Female presidents don't always help women while in office, study in Latin America finds - 0 views
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Between 2006 and 2018, four women served as presidents in the region.
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For gender researchers like ourselves, this is a rare chance to assess how the president’s gender influences policy in Latin American countries. Global research has confirmed that having women in the highest echelons of power leads to greater political engagement among women and girls. We wanted to know what Latin America’s four “presidentas” had done to promote gender equality while in power.
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Latin Americans who have a woman for president are also much less likely than other respondents to say they think men make better political leaders than women.
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