Can Female Politicians Make us Healthier?

For a long time, women in politics wasn’t a thing. People like Merkel, Marin, May, Sirleaf, and Arden have given us a vision for women as decision makers. Will more female politicians in positions of power make our societies healthier?

• Maternal Mortality & Political Participation Reserach: https://docs.iza.org/dp11590.pdf
• Yentl Syndrome: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199107253250408
• Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/CSW/PFA_E_Final_WEB.pdf
• Consolidating Democracy in Pakistan: https://www.dai.com/our-work/projects/pakistan-consolidating-democracy-in-pakistan-cdip
• DHS Survey Pakistan 2012-13: https://www.biomedcentral.com/search?query=author%23Khalifa%20Elmusharaf
• DHS Survey Pakistan 2017-18: https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR354/FR354.pdf