Italy's new electoral law removes gender quotas where they mattered most: the top-list candidates most likely to win a seat. Francesca Feo argues this new law fits Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's conservative agenda, and reinforces male dominance in Italian party cultures
To kickstart a new round of blogs in the Gendering Democracy series, Paloma Caravantes, Laura Eigenmann and Francesca Feo recap the discussion so far, explaining why we need to keep gender at the centre of research on the politics of our time – and where we should go next
Her research focuses on gender and politics, with particular attention to the politics of gender and LGBTIQ+ policies, gendered organisational cultures across institutions, and the role of conservative and far-right actors in shaping societal polarisation around gender issues.
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