Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa: A Decade after the Arab Uprisings
Short description
In October 2020, GLD and its partners Marwa Shalaby (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Lena Wängnerud (University of Gothenburg), were awarded 446,000 SEK (approx. 50,400 USD) by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond to study Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa.
About the Project
The momentous upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since 2011 have had substantial implications for gender politics. This project explored how the old paradigms, realities, and contexts for studying gender and politics in the region have been shaped and reshaped by unfolding political transformations since the onset of the uprisings.
GLD held a workshop series in May 2021 to examine these changes and continued the discussion at an in-person workshop in May 2022.
The project workshops and publications are a collaborative effort by researchers at the Governance and Local Development Institute (GLD), the Quality of Government (QoG) Institute, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Working Group on Gender and Politics MENA.
Related Publications
Allam, N., Shalaby, M., & Zaki, H. (2023). "Perilous Pedagogy: Teaching Gender and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa," Politics & Gender. Available here.
Barnett, Carolyn; Blackman, Alexandra; and Shalaby, Marwa. (2024). "Gender Stereotypes in Autocracies: Experimental Evidence from Morocco" Journal of Politics. Available here.
Barnett, Carolyn; Shalaby, Marwa. (2021). "Success Beyond Gender Quotas: Gender, Local Politics, and Clientelism in Morocco" Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 48. Available here.
Benstead, Lindsay, and Kao, Kristen. (2020). “The Importance of Intersectionality: Gender, Islamism, and Ethnicity in Elections,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series No. 23. Available here.
Benstead, Lindsey J. and Ellen Lust. (2018). "Why do some voters prefer female candidates? The role of perceived incorruptibility in Arab elections." in H. Stensöta and L. Wängnerud (Eds.) Gender and Corruption, 83-104, Palgrave Macmillan.
Shalaby, M. and Wängnerud, L. (2024). "Gender and Authoritarian Politics: Citizens and Elites’ Responses to Gender Reforms,” Comparative Political Studies. Available here.
Acknowledgments
This project is supported by the Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa: A Decade of Uprisings. (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond – F20-0096), PIs: Ellen Lust, Marwa Shalaby, and Lena Wängnerud.