Chlouba publishes article on support for female political leadership in the African nation of Namibia

Vladimir Chlouba, assistant professor of leadership studies, published "Seeing women govern encourages support for women in politics — with no apparent backlash from men" in The Conversation US. His research indicates that when a major Namibian political party designed quotas to bring gender parity to the country's parliament, the quotas had an overall positive impact on support for female political leadership — especially after women members of parliament took office. Furthermore, he reported no evidence of a backlash among men.