-Saharan Africa. This gender difference in politics has been found in numerous studies and may hinder the much needed legitimation of … democracy in this region. This paper addresses the question of whether this observed gender gap is due to the omission of social … institutions related to gender inequality, something that affects womens daily life and deprives them of autonomy at home. We …

gender gap in democratic attitudes, there have been no attempts to explain it. In this paper we try to understand why females … controlling for individual policy priorities does not offset the gender gap, but those women who are interested in politics are … development and political rights. Keywords Support for democracy, gender gap, policy priorities, institutions …