After a certain point, our trust is fairly stable, so there could be a link between our formative experiences and our feelings about politics.

Senior politicians thought Peter Mandelson’s ability to deliver meant they could overlook his behaviour. They should have ...

Despite some progress, women remain seriously underrepresented in politics globally. As of 2023, women held only 26% of parliamentary seats and 15.8% of the positions as heads of state or government.

Voters under 50 are the least open to electing a female president, and four in 10 Americans personally know someone who would not elect a woman to the White House, a new poll finds. The American ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that increases in women’s parliamentary representation within a country are related to enhanced public trust in the national parliament.

I remember watching Barack Obama speak at a leadership event years ago, and something he said struck me: “I’m absolutely confident that for two years if women ran every nation on earth, you would see ...

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