The less democratic the political regime, the more asymmetrical gender relations become. Raquel Santos Fernandes terms this phenomenon ‘gendering de-democratisation’. Based on data from Turkey, she explains how the process increasingly excludes women, and limits their experiences of citizenship in politics, in the economy, and in their intimate lives
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Political Sciences, University of Minho
After graduating in communication sciences, Raquel gained a Master's degree in political science.
Raquel's lines of research include gender and politics, gender equality policies, political regimes, democratisation / de-democratisation, and Turkish politics.
She is particularly interested in how gender inequality is promoted in non-democratic political regimes.
Her most recent research is on unequal power relations emerging within Turkish institutions and structures.
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