Replication Data for: Women’s Political Representation in African Rebel Parties

Across Africa, women’s political representation is nearly twice as high in post-conflict states than it is in non-conflict afflicted states (Hughes and Tripp 2015). Scholars have attributed these increases to changing gender norms, international pressure, and local women’s movements. However, these factors do not explain variance in women’s representation across political parties. This paper seeks to understand how the conflict legacies of political parties influence these trends by analyzing pa terns of women’s political representation in rebel groups that transition into political parties. The paper argues that these parties have unique incentives to promote the representation of women. Novel data on women’s candidacy and electoral success at the party-level in post-conflict Africa from 1970-2020 are presented. Findings sug- gest that rebel parties run and elect significantly more women than other political parties. These results are consistent among a number of contexts, including varying conflict outcomes. Further, findings demonstrate that in instances of ongoing violence, women’s political representation generally falters, suggesting that these political strategies are only effective during peace time. These findings are relevant to understanding women’s post-conflict political representation, as well as the role of women in former rebel parties.