Understanding the Dynamic Relationship between Processes of (de)Democratization and Gender Equality Progress: A Theoretical Contribution

This Paper will explore the deep links between gender (in)equality and democracy through profoundly political understanding of both. For gender inequality this means facing its complexity and intersectionality, and the deeply contested nature of gender equality. For democracy this means transcending common political science reductions of what it is, can and should be, and departing from an overly Western understanding of modernity as natural progress. After a brief depiction of current realities about gender (in)equality and (de)democracy, we will present some theory driven ideas to counter dynamics that have a negative impact on gender equality and democracy.