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Marcia Rangel Candido

Master's Professor in Political Science at the School of Sociology and Public Policies of Iscte - Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, where she is also a researcher at CIES. She is a consultant for the European Commission on evidence-based policies.

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Contested at the ballot box, underrepresented in power: women in Brazil’s 2026 elections

In Brazil, women constitute the majority of voters, but hold less than 20% of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, highlighting the gap between electoral weight and political power.