Why aren’t there more women in politics?

Andrew Mueller explains how the most recent Catalonian elections show that voters’ nationalist appetites may be waning.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Olaf Scholz visited the First German Brigade, which is stationed in Lithuania as part of Berlin’s new commitment to defend the Baltic states. But is Nato ready for Russia’s next move? We speak with Lithuania’s foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Marion Messmer of Chatham Ho ...  Show more

Female representation in politics leads to numerous benefits, but the vast majority of the world’s most powerful politicians are men. Using the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women’s Power Index tool to track women’s leadership across the globe, this episode examines the problems ...  Show more

Why are women still taken less seriously than men? Alona Ferber, senior editor at the New Statesman, is joined by Mary Ann Seighart, journalist, former assistant editor of The Times, visiting professor at Kings College London and author of The Authority Gap: Why women are still t ...  Show more

Pourquoi la France n’a-t-elle jamais eu de présidente? Et seulement une femme Premier Ministre, pour 11 mois seulement? Il n’y a pas qu’un seul facteur ni une explication simple mais on peut s’intéresser aux diverses pressions qui s’exercent sur les femmes qui veulent faire ca ...

Despite making up roughly half of the U.S. population, women only make up about one-quarter of representatives and senators. And this trend is not just national—it holds true globally as well. What explains why women are underrepresented in politics? If women are just as likel ...