Articles by Bram Wauters

March 13, 2025

🌈 Sexism in politics: a barrier to women’s representation

Bram Wauters
Sexism in politics restricts women’s participation and weakens democracy. A study by Hilde Coffé and colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals the impact of sexist attacks, stereotypes, and dismissals on women candidates, shaping careers, silencing voices, and discouraging future leaders. Tackling these problems is crucial for building truly representative politics
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Bram Wauters
Associate Professor, Ghent University

Bram leads the research group GASPAR at Ghent University.

His research interests include political representation, elections and political parties, with specific attention for diversity.

He has recently published on these topics in journals such as European Journal of Political Research, Party Politics, Political Studies Review, Politics & Gender and Electoral Studies.

Do parties still represent? Routledge, 2019

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