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MoneyTalks - Women and elections in Malawi

In the project Money talks, an international team of researchers led by professor Ragnhild Muriaas has studied the conditions for women’s participation in politics in a number of countries. See the video from the research done in Malawi here.

Producer:

Ragnhild Muriaas, UiB

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Books

Gendered Electoral Financing: Money, Power and Representation in Comparative Perspective, 1st Edition
Edited by Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Rainbow Murray
Routledge

Read more about the book on The Constitution Unit blog of the Department of Political Science at University College London:

Levelling the playing field: gendered electoral financing of women candidates

Films

Running for an election in Malawi can be a costly affair. This makes participating and winning difficult for female candidates in a country where many women don’t even have their own bank account.

A funding programme has been established to increase the number of women in politics: The 50:50 campaign. But does it work?

In the project Money talks, an international team of researchers led by professor Ragnhild Muriaas has studied the conditions for women’s participation in politics in a number of countries.

See the video from the research done in Malawi.

MoneyTalks - Women and elections in Malawi

Producer:

Ragnhild Muriaas, UiB

UiB

News stories

With the audience in mind: Turning research into film (CMI)

Money Talks Professor Ragnhild Muriaas in Malawi during political campaign

Patriarchal structures an obstacle to women in politics in many countries

– Most often the priviliged are the winners in politics, and who is priviliged depends on gender, says professor Ragnhild Muriaas, who has lead the research project Money Talks.

Comparative politics researcher examines diversification of parties

“It is going to be interesting to look at tools for achieving greater political diversity,” says Jana Birke Belschner.

What factors shape voters’ views of female candidates?

New post-doc explores perceptions of women in politics.

Money, Power and Representation in a Gender Perspective

Is money a problem for women’s political recruitment? What strategies work to overcome the problem?

07.02.2020