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1. Research

   Dazzling the World: A Study of India's Constitutional Amendment Mandating Reservations for Women on Rural Panchayats

   Harmon, Louise, and Eileen Kaufman. 2004. "Dazzling the World: A Study of India's Constitutional Amendment Mandating Reservations for Women on Rural Panchayats." Berkeley Women's Law Journal 19 (1): 32-105.

   Topics: Gender, Women, Governance, Quotas, Elections, Political Participation Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: democracy, local government, constitutional design, political institutions

2. Research

   Demands for Electoral Gender Quotas in Afghanistan and Iraq

   Nordlund, Anja Taarup. 2004. “Demands for Electoral Gender Quotas in Afghanistan and Iraq.” Working Paper, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm.

   Topics: Gender, Governance, Quotas Regions: MENA, Asia, Middle East, South Asia Countries: Afghanistan, Iraq

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   Constrained Spaces for Islamic Feminism: Women’s Rights and the 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan

   Choudhury, Nusrat. 2007. “Constrained Spaces for  Islamic Feminism: Women’s Rights and the 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan.” Yale Journal of Law and Feminism 19: 155–99.

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   Topics: Democracy / Democratization, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gender Balance, Governance, Constitutions, Quotas, Religion, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: Afghanistan

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   Engineering Elections: The Experiences of Women in 'Panchayati Raj' in Karnataka, India

   Kudva, Neema. 2003. “Engineering Elections: The Experiences of Women in ‘Panchayati Raj’ in Karnataka, India.” International Journal of Politics, Culture & Society

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   Topics: Civil Society, Corruption, Gender, Women, Governance, Quotas, Elections, Political Participation Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: women, politics, Panchayati Raj, Karnataka, quotas, NGOs

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   Women and Decentralized Water Governance: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward

   Kulkarni, Seema. 2011. “Women and Decentralised Water Governance: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward.” Economic & Political Weekly 46 (18): 64–72.

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   Topics: Caste, Class, Corruption, Democracy / Democratization, Environment, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Governance, Quotas Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India

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   Stepping into Formal Politics: Women’s Engagement in Formal Political Processes in Irrigation in Rural India

   Girard, Alexandra M. 2014. “Stepping into Formal Politics: Women’s Engagement in Formal Political Processes in Irrigation in Rural India.” World Development 57 (May): 1–18.

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   Topics: Development, Gender, Women, Governance, Quotas, Infrastructure, Water & Sanitation, Political Participation Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: women, political participation, MGNREGA, irrigation, India, South Asia

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   Constitutional Engineering: What Opportunities for the Enhancement of Gender Rights?

   Waylen, Georgina. 2006. “Constitutional Engineering: What Opportunities for the Enhancement of Gender Rights?” Third World Quarterly 27 (7): 1209–21.

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   Topics: Feminisms, Gender, Women, Governance, Constitutions, Quotas, Post-Conflict Governance, Peacebuilding, Political Participation, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: MENA, Asia, Middle East, South Asia Countries: Afghanistan, Iraq

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   Military Invasion and Women's Political Representation: Gender Quotas in Post-Conflict Afghanistan and Iraq

   Krook, Mona Lena, Diana Z. O’Brien, and Krista M. Swip. 2010. “Military Invasion and Women’s Political Representation: Gender Quotas in Post-Conflict Afghanistan and Iraq.” International Feminist Journal of Politics 12 (1): 66–79.

   Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Balance, Governance, Constitutions, Quotas, Post-Conflict Governance, International Organizations, Political Participation, Post-Conflict, Rights, Women's Rights, UN Security Council Resolutions on WPS, UNSCR 1325 Regions: Asia, Middle East, South Asia Countries: Afghanistan, Iraq