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Caveat on missing data

\nFor both Singapore and Mali, both countries do not have official datasets on candidates and information on candidates who ran in their latest election. This lack of data itself represents the challenges that we confront when we want to study gender bias. It is an additional barrier to studying such an issue.\n\nFor this analysis and project, the team built our own dataset for Singapore's latest elections in 2020. There are some information which could not be found online, and this was listed as 'unknown'.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","tool":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":540,"value":"

The Data

\n1. [IPU data for international countries](https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=3&year=2023) & IPU [historical data](https://data.ipu.org/historical-women)\n2. [Gender quotas dataset](https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/database)\n3. Singapore 🇸🇬 [2020 elections candidates dataset](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JDY4aQ11uXGZtzR7HabSSoT5WuFMyk-ri80tQAs4G3k/edit#gid=1577871075) we built from scratch","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","tool":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":555,"value":"await FileAttachment(\"generalElectionCandidates20201.csv\").csv({typed: \"auto\"})","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","tool":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":569,"value":"

Part #1: Analysing female representation across regions and internationally

\n\nQuestions to explore:\n- How did Singapore and Mali fare, regionally and internationally?\n- Does historical data tell us anything about gender bias?\n- How do quotas impact the proportion of female representation?","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","tool":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":575,"value":"TO DO: \nSmall multiples (% of female candidates in Singapore) compared to regionally (Asia)\nSmall multiples (% of female candidates in Mali) compared to regionally (Africa)","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"html","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","tool":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":579,"value":"\nExplorational tool: Select one country, then select the country you want to compare it to?","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"html","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","tool":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":620,"value":"viewof region = Inputs.select([... new Set(ipuHistoricalbyCountry.map(d => d.region))], {label: \"Region\", multiple: false})","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","tool":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":630,"value":"ipuHistoricalbyAsia = aq.from(ipuHistorical).filter(d => d[\"chamber-type\"] == \"Lower\" && d[\"region\"] == \"ASIA\" )","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","tool":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":615,"value":"Plot.plot({\n grid: false,\n height: 2000,\n width: 400,\n y: {axis: null},\n x: {label: null, nice: true, inset: 2},\n facet: {\n data: ipuHistoricalbyAsia,\n y: \"country\",\n marginRight: 120\n },\n marks: [\n Plot.line(ipuHistoricalbyAsia, {\n x: \"year\",\n y: \"percentage-women\",\n stroke: \"salmon\"\n })\n ]\n})","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","tool":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":588,"value":"

Part #2: Guided in-depth analysis into Singapore's 🇸🇬 political gender bias

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Caveat on missing data

The Data

**Part #1: Analysing female representation across regions and internationally**

Part #2: Guided in-depth analysis into Singapore's 🇸🇬 political gender bias

More female candidates have children

Part #1: Analysing female representation across regions and internationally