Gender

Voters queue at a polling station in Sendra village near Beawar during the Panchayati Raj elections in India on September 28, 2020, held amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with turnout exceeding 83 percent in the first phase across 25 districts. Photo: Dreamstime.

Commentaries

Voting with Freebies: How Direct Welfare Benefits Reshape Electoral Behaviour in India

December 29, 2025

In this analytically rich commentary, ECPS Youth Group member Saurabh Raj examines how direct welfare delivery is transforming electoral politics...

Turkish women took action on May 8, 2020 in Istanbul not to repeal the Istanbul Convention, which provides protection against domestic and male violence. Photo: Emre Orman.

Commentaries

Iran and Turkey through ‘The Golden Cage’ and ‘Contextual Gendered Racialization’ Lens: Populism, Law, Gender and Freedom

December 22, 2025

In this commentary, Dr. Hafza Girdap offers a compelling comparative analysis of populism, law, gender, and freedom across two authoritarian...

A survivor of domestic abuse sits in silence, reflecting the fear, trauma, and isolation experienced by countless women affected by violence, harassment, and exploitation. Photo: Dreamstime.

Voice of Youth

November 25: The Normalization of Violence and the Forgetting That Keeps It Alive

November 25, 2025

In this compelling VoY essay, Emmanouela Papapavlou confronts the uncomfortable truth behind society’s yearly cycle of remembrance on November 25th....

Daytime view of Akihabara in Tokyo, known as “Electric Town” for its many electronics shops, duty-free stores, and vibrant youth culture. Photo: Dreamstime.

Interviews

Prof. Klein: It Is Difficult to Label Japanese PM Takaichi a Populist, Despite Her Nationalism and Anti-Feminism

November 22, 2025

In this incisive interview for the ECPS, Professor Axel Klein offers a nuanced assessment of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s...

Dr. Monika de Silva is a political scientist at the University of Gothenburg.

Interviews

Dr. de Silva: Anti-Gender Narratives Are Highly Interlinked and Interconnected Across Borders

November 11, 2025

“Anti-gender discourses are very interlinked and interconnected; we see these floating narratives repeated across countries like Latvia, Poland, and Russia,”...

Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan addresses a press conference in Islamabad on April 20, 2016. Photo: Jahanzaib Naiyyer.

Commentaries

Popular, Not Populist? Imran Khan and the Civil–Military Grammar of Populism in Pakistan

October 24, 2025

In this incisive commentary, feminist scholar Afiya S. Zia dissects the myth that Imran Khan is “popular, not populist.” Drawing...

Banksy protest mural in Palestine. A mural by the artist Banksy on a wall in the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, June 18, 2014. Photo: Dreamstime.

Commentaries

Queerness, Genocide, and International Law – A Look at Palestine

September 28, 2025

This commentary examines how queerness intersects with genocide and international law in the context of Palestine. Ass. Professor Izat El...

A distressed Black woman professional faces gender discrimination and workplace bullying, as male colleagues point fingers and place blame. The image highlights the emotional toll of inequality and harassment in professional environments. Photo: Dreamstime.

Commentaries

“No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent”: Is Eleanor Roosevelt Right?

June 18, 2025

Can we truly choose not to feel inferior? In this thought-provoking commentary, Syed Yousha Haider critically examines Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous...

Urban graffiti depicting the face of a woman in a hijab, located in an immigrant-populated neighborhood on September 1, 2015. The urban area of Berlin, Germany—home to 4 million residents—ranks as the 7th most populous in the European Union. Photo: Dreamstime.

Journal of Populism Studies

Evaluations of Female Muslim Politicians in a Populist Era: Measuring Intersectionality Using Interaction Effects and Conjoint Experiments

June 3, 2025

AbstractHow do voters evaluate female Muslim politicians? The literature mainly approaches voter evaluations of underrepresented groups from a unitary perspective,...