Women’s Political Representation in Iran and Turkey: Demanding a Seat at the Table

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies
in collaboration with
Department of History, York University

present

Iranian Studies Book Launch: In-person and Online

Women’s Political Representation in Iran and Turkey:
Demanding a Seat at the Table

Mona Tajali
Associate Professor of International Relations and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Agnes Scott College

Friday, 3 March 2022, 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time (Canada and the US)

Zoom Registration:
https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sf-itrzwjE9188TXKtAvGe_FEj1_eSE5r

Women’s Political Representation in Iran and Turkey: Demanding a Seat at the Table (Edinburgh University Press 2022-open access) investigates how religious and cultural norms, attitudes, institutional structures, and voter behavior affect the representation of women and quality of democracy in Muslim contexts, with a comparative focus on Iran and Turkey.