This introductory article situates Ministries of Foreign Affairs (mfa s) as gendered institutions
at the intersection between domestic and international relations. Based on an extensive …

Background With the evolution of China's social structure and values, there has been a shift
in attitudes towards marriage and fertility, with an increasing number of women holding …

Most countries currently use some type of legislative or voluntary party quota to increase
women's descriptive representation. The Czech Republic, however, despite low female …

Although Czech women are solidly represented in the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, only
a fraction of this 14 per cent make it to the highest positions. This underrepresentation is in …

Since 1991 women have broken many political 'glass ceilings' in Lithuania by getting
elected to the presidency, the prime ministership and several 'power'ministries. The number …

How can feminist scholarship advance the field of foreign policy analysis to better
understand contemporary foreign policy actions and challenges? This groundbreaking book …

For a long time, the issue of work-family balance has been a focus of research by scholars in
organizational behavior, psychology, and other fields. In 2020, COVID-19 swept across the …

The aim of the chapter is to analyse the representation of women in the posts of heads of
foreign diplomatic services of selected countries of central and eastern Europe (ie, Poland …

For over a century, feminists have advocated for women's participation in decision-making
on war and peace to achieve a more just global order. There is today a growing recognition …

This study investigates the existence of gender discrimination against female physicians.
With the increase of feminisation, it is relevant to explore why it is perceived as negative …