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Malu Gatto (UCL)

Malu Gatto is an Associate Professor of Latin American Politics at the Institute of the Americas at University College London (UCL). Malu's work explores questions about political behaviour, representation, policy-making, and gender and politics with a regional focus on Latin America. Malu holds MSc and DPhil degrees in Politics from DPIR, University of Oxford.

A monument depicting the sign of feminism in Mexico City

OxPol Blogcast showcases research, analysis, insights, and experiences from the members of the University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), and specialist guests from the Oxford academic community and beyond. On this episode, we are focusing on the state of women’s descriptive and symbolic representation in party and civil society politics across Latin American countries. OxPol Blogcast host Anastasia Bektimirova welcomes three guests to bring you the stories of women’s agency at different levels of political participation in the region. The guests are sharing their expert view on the social environment, political culture, policies as well as written and unwritten rules that are shaping women’s progress and experiences in pursuing elected office, and engaging politically from civil society.   With Dr. Malu Gatto, an Associate …