Research Library
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
Snapshot: Gender and Party in State Legislatures
RepresentWomen's International Report. Learn more about the voting systems used around the world and their impact on women's representation in politics. Voting systems include plurality-majority, proportional representation, semi-proportional, and proportional ranked choice voting. Case studies include South Africa and New Zealand.
Memo: International Voting Systems
Women's representation in national legislatures in 2003 and 2023. These charts show countries around the world have made slow progress towards gender-balanced governance in the last twenty years.
Women's Representation in National Legislatures
RepresentWomen's snapshot of international voting systems — mapping proportional, semi-proportional, and plurality-majority systems worldwide and their impact on women's representation.
Snapshot: International Voting Systems
Ranked choice voting (RCV) helps more women run and win. RepresentWomen's 2023 memo examines how RCV eliminates barriers and boosts women's representation.
Memo: Ranked Choice Voting and Women's Representation
RepresentWomen's January 2023 snapshot of women's representation in RCV cities — 40% have women mayors and women hold 52% of city council seats where ranked choice voting is used.
Snapshot: Mayors in RCV Cities
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
Report: The Twin-Track Ecosystem in the 100 Largest Cities
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
Report: Gender Equality in Egypt 2011-2022
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
Report: Why Women Won in 2021
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
2022 Gender Parity Index Report
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
Report: Gender Balanced Cabinets
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
Report: Best Practices for Promoting Gender Balanced Appointments
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
Shareables: Gender Balanced Appointments Toolkit
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
Map: Women on State Supreme Courts
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
Country Brief: Latin America
This map shows whether states have single-member plurality districts, two-member districts, or 3+ member districts (multi-member). The map also shows the two states that use ranked choice voting (Alaska and Maine). District magnitude matters because this determines how many subgroups can be represented. If there are more seats available, more groups obtain representation.
Map: Multi-Member Districts and Ranked Choice Voting in the States
This map shows the gender makeup of state cabinets as of January 2022. Cabinet positions serve as opportunities for women to lead, and appointing women cabinet members can normalize women in positions of leadership, opening the door for more women in politics down the line.
Map: Women on State Cabinets
RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.
