2021
10.dec. 2021. Jubileumssymposium apropå 100 året för den kvinnliga rösträtten arrangerat av den statsvetenskapliga institutionen i Lund. Kulturens auditorium, Tegnérsplatsen 6, Lund. Drude Dahlerup: “Från de första fem” 1921 till varannan damernas idag: Partierna sm gatekeepers.” https://www.svet.lu.se/evenemang/jubileumssymposium-100-ar-av-kvinnlig-rostratt-kvinnor-i-politiken-da-och-nu
Kronik i Berlingske Tidende, 26.okt.2021 om kønskvotering. https://www.berlingske.dk/kronikker/professor-i-danmark-skal-man-hedde-hans-bonde-for-ikke-at-se-at-maend
11.nov. 2021. Ordrup Gymnasium. Mikkel Thorup, Drude Dahlerup, Rasmus Hald Møller m.fl. Temadag om “Køn og identitet” for gymnasiets 2. og 3.g
7.nov. 2021 Verdensmålsmesse. Syddansk Universitet, Odense. Deltagelse i paneldebat om verdensmål 5: ligestilling.
3.nov. 2021 kl.16.30-18.30. Valgdebatmøde med fokus på politik og ligestilling på Køn. Museum for kønnenes kulturhistorie, Domkirkepladsen 5, Århus. Indledning om kvinder i politik v. Drude Dahlerup. KØN (konmuseum.dk)
12.okt. 2021 Krogerup Højskole. Oplæg om sociale bevægelser og aktivisme – sammen med Jeppe fra Den grønne studenterbevægelse.
8 Oct. 2021 Mexico. Speech, “A Global Perspective on Gender Parity,” at the annual meeting of the International Society of Public Law, ICON-S, Mexican chapter (Theme of this year “Law and Social Change” ) https://www.iconmexicanchapter.org/
29 Sept. 2021. Fotografiska, Stockholm, participation in a panel on “Elected to lead” at a webinar on Women and Democracy. https://elected-to-lead.confetti.events/
13 – 17 September 2021, Kenya. Democracy Week. Virtual key-note speaker on: “Global lessons on actualising women representation in political parties structures”.
DEFENDING DEMOCRACY. Venue: Kenya National Theatre and The Museums Of Kenya
10 June 2021. Key-note speaker at ODIHR‘s international staff meting : GENDER MATTERS!
ODIHR’s ONLINE BRIEFINGS on Gender Equality in Politics
3rd Online Briefing
“BEYOND GENDER QUOTAS:
AFFIRMATIVE MEASURES FOR WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION”
Oplæg om “Feminisme på afveje?” på seminaret Feminisme i Skandinavia: populært, politisk korrekt eller passé?, Schæffergården, 23.nov. 2019. Arr. af Fondet for Dansk-Norsk Samarbejde, Norges ambassade i København, Stiftelsen Fritt Ord m.fl.
Istanbul, Turkey. Lecture on “Measures to improve Women’s Access to Parliament”, at Conference on strengthening women’s participation in parliament. Participants were women from various political parties elected to the Turkish parliament. Org. by UN Women, The Inter-Parliamentary Union, SIDA and the Turkish Parliament, Nov.1-3, 2019.

Mexico City, Mexico. Speeches on “Democracy and Gender”, invited by National Electoral Institute (Instituto Nacional Electoral): Oct. 23, Magistral Conference, INE, and Monterrey’s Technological Institute of Higher Education, South Campus; Oct.24, at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM.
Tale “At bryde mandsdominansen i politik: Globale og nordiske erfaringer” på ligestillingskonference, arr. af Helga Netværket i Socialdemokratiet på Jørlunde Metalskole, 5.oktober 2019.
Visit to Tbilisi, Georgia, 30 Sept.- 4 oct. 2019. Meeting with UNDP on the implementation of financial incentives to make political parties nominate more women candidates (does not work, especially not for the rich parties!)
Kulturmødet Mors, 23.august. Oplæg om Kvinder og Demokrati, arr. Folkevirke.
Spring 2019
Participation in the European Conference on Politics and Gender (800 participants!) in Amsterdam July 3-6, 2019 with a paper on “Who were the Allied in the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage and Early Representation?”
May-June. Numerous interviews in Swedish media on the Danish parliamentary election, June 5.
Oplæg om “Findes der feminister i Folketinget?” Møde 20.maj 2019 med titlen, “Hvorfor stemme på en feminist?” arr. Feministisk Forandring. København.
Tale på Blågårds Plads, København til demonstrationen “Alle Feminister på Gaden”, 8.marts 2019
Foredrag, FOF, København, 14.marts 2019 om kvinder og demokrati.
2.marts 2019. Festtale til Folkevirkes 75 års jubilæum: “Intet demokrati uden kvinder”, Vartov, København.
Visit to Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco, February 2019, meetings with women’s rights advocates.
Tale på Kvinderådets nytårskur, Folketinget, 22.januar 2019.
Autumn 2018
Monterrey, Mexico, 6-9 November 2018. Inaugural speech: “Electoral Gender Quotas – legitimacy and effectiveness” at the Annual Congres of SOMEE, The Mexican Association for Electoral Studies, . See the program here: https://somee.org.mx//Congreso/programa.php
“68 og kvindeoprøret – principielle og personlige refleksioner”. Kirkehøjskolen: Aarhus – samarbejde mellem Domkirken – Vor Frue Kirke- Markuskirken : Torsdag den 25. oktober kl.9.45-12. DOMKIRKENS HUS: Sct. Clemens Gård, Kannikegade 12, 1. sal.
“Ungdomsoprøret i ’68 – Et sociologisk (gen)besøg”. Møde i Dansk Sociologforening, 22.oktober 2018, Center for Sundhed og Samfund, Øster Farimagsgade 5, lokale 35.1.06 https://www.facebook.com/events/492814861221237/
Wien, 12 Oktober 2018. “Wahlrecht zwischen Autonomie und Representation” , University of Vienna. I gave a talk at this meeting, which celebrated 100 years of women’s suffrage in Austria and 30 years of the organization Juristinnen (women in law), see link: https://www.juristinnen.at/es-war-ein-fest/
Numerous interviews in Danish media on the Swedish election Sept. 9th and the complicated negotiations on forming a new government – unusual in Swedish politics!
Foredrag om “Den svenske valgkamp”, 4.september 2018 i Veteranjournalistklubben, ca. 75 deltagere. Bethesda v. Israels Plads.
Spring 2018
Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 7-10, 2018. Debate with Milica Antic Gaber at House of Literature on gender quotas in politics; Lecture at Filosozofska Fakulteta, University of Ljubljana on “Has Democracy Failed Women”; interview on TV program and for TV’s news site, see link here: Interview with Drude Dahlerup on Slovenian TV’s news site
Became involved in a dispute in Slovenia concerning the electoral authorities’ rejection of some lists that did not comply with the quota regulation for the upcoming election:An interview for the evening news Odmevi – this is the link: https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/odmevi/174539023
and on a 25-minutes talk show by Horvat Ksenija :TV Slovenija Profil programe: https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/profil/174538547
Let’s finally make democracy inclusive – an interview with dr. Drude Dahlerup
4.maj. Talk Town, i Huset, Rådhusstræde 13. Arr. Feministisk Forandring. “Kvinder, kommunalpolitik og sexchikane”. Drude Dahlerup, Katrine Manfred Swets, Ulrik Kjær samt 4 kommunalpolitikere.
24 april: Lit.House, fakultetsbibliotekets kulturelle forum: Panel om “De første kvindelige politikere”, Jytte Nielsen, Drude Dahlerup og Jytte Larsen. 100-året for det første rigsdagsvalg med kvindestemmeret den 22.april 1918.
Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, Jan Evangelista Purkynè University, Dept. of Political Science and Philosophy. April 18-19, 2018. Key note speaker at conference on “Women and Politics: Perspectives and Views of the 21st Century”. – cancelled
Geneve, 9-10 april 2018. Conference org. by OHCHR: “Regional consultation in draft guidelines on the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs” – for Europe and Central Asia. Palais des Nations. DD: Introductory remarks.
Copenhagen, March 1, 2018, 15.15-17.00, University of Copenhagen, Karen Blixens Plads, building 9A, room 9A-0-01. “UN 2030 Goals Women’s Rights to Decision-Making in Africa”. DD Key note. Org.: Centre for African Studies and K.U.L.U.
Geneva, Feb. 27-28, 2018. Conference on “. Syria. Electoral Systems and Gender Equality in Democratic Transitions”. Org. by EURO-MED. DD: key note: “Enabling women’s participation and support democratization through institutional changes: constitution, electoral system, quota system”.
Lund, Sweden, Feb., 21-22, 2018. Workshop on Gender and Politics in the Arab World, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies. DD: Key note: “Can the Inclusion of women enhance democracy in the MENA region?”.
Autumn 2017
Morocco: Participated in the International Conference on Gender and Politics: “Women and Politics in an Age of Uncertainty” – the road to sustainable democracy and democratization”, Ouarzazate, Morocco, Oct. 24-26, 2017. Title of my key-note speech: “Women’s contribution to processes of democratization”.
Ukraine: Participated in conference on “Conflict Transformation and promotion of European Common Values in Ukraine and Eastern Partnership”, Kharvik National University, 20-21 Oct.2017, in Kharkiv in East Ukraine. Guest lecturer at Kharkiv National University of Economics on “Increasing Women’s Political Representation in Europe: New Research and New Instruments” for 120 very interested students. In Kiev meetings with women’s organizations and parliamentarians at the Swedish Embassy.
https://equal-ist.eu/open-lecture-of-prof-drude-dahlerup-at-s-kuznets-khnue/
September 2017: Appointed as Honorable Professor at Roskilde University, Denmark: https://ruc.dk/arrangementer/28-september-adjungeret-professor-drude-dahlerup-holder-tiltraedelsesforelaesning.
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Autumn/efterår 2016
Inequality in academia, interview with Drude Dahlerup, in Curie, Vetenskapsrådets tidskrift (in English, also published in Swedish):
“Engendering Democracy: Critical Perspectives”, key note speech på konferensen: “Allmän och like rösträtt? Historiekritiska perspektiv på medborgerskap och demokrati”, Aula Magna, Stockholms Universitet.
Spring/forår 2016
“Women’s Activism and Politics in India and Sweden”, Conference, Karlstad University, 20-21 June,2016: program_indienkonferens_pdf_38577
March 18, Un Headquarter, New York. CSW/NGO-Forum: Economic Empowerment of Women: the contribution of International Law. Speakers: Yoko Hayashi, chair of the CEDAW Committee Sara Longwe, Femnet, Zambia Drude Dahlerup, Sweden and Denmark Emilia Reyes, Egidad, Mexico, Hannele Varsa, Council of Equality, Finland, chaired by: Patricia Conlan, chair, ILA Committee on Feminism and International Law.
March 8, UN Headquarter, New York. Participated in high level panel on “50-50 by 2030. Step it up for gender equality”. On women’s position within the UN system.
Autumn 2015
- 14.dec., 2015: Symposium i Folketinget i anledning af 100-året for stemmeretten. Kan streames live fra Kvinfo’s hjemmeside. Se programmet: folketinget14.dec.2015
- 2.december, lancering af vores nye bog “Før og efter stemmeretten”, Kvindemuseet og foredrag om filmem om Suffragetterne: 2015.12.02_Suffragetter og stemmeret_ Foredrag og boglancering på Kvindemuseet.
- November 12, 2015 in Edinburgh: Speaking at the Scottish 50-50 Campaign, see program and background for the Campaign: Who Runs the World – Women’s Representation in Public Life AGENDA
- Women 5050 Parliamentary Briefing
- 8. november: Panel på bogforum i Bella Centret om de nye bøger omkring kvindernes stemmeret
- 17. nov. Lancering af vores nye bog, “Før og efter stemmeretten” på Kvinfo.
- 28.sept. 2015 kl.19.30, foredrag på Odsherreds Folkeuniversitet, Aksen, Centervejen 92, Asnæs: “Hvordan modstanden mod kvinders stemmeret blev overvundet – og hvad så”? FU2015plakatmtekst
- 11. September 2015. Drude Dahlerup: “Kan unge feminister lære noget af 70’ernes kvindebevægelse”, kl.16-20 i Literaturhaus, Møllegade 7 i den nye gruppe: “Så mødes feministerne igen”.
Spring 2015

Drude Dahlerup under grundlovsjubilæet:
Drude Dahlerup on 100 years of women’s suffrage in Denmark, 1915-2015:
30 April: ”Kvinder i politik; de politiske partier og kønskvotering”. Foredrag på Folkeuniversitetet i København på Kvinfo.
1 juni. “100 år efter stemmeretten: Danmark overhalet af udviklingslande?” Konference i Københavns Universitets festsal. “Fra stemmeret til statsministeriet”. Program: http://alumni.ku.dk/arrangementer/1915/program/
2.juni. Gender Lunch m. Drude Dahlerup på Roskilde Universitet.
3.juni. 9.30-10.30 i paneldebat, konference arr. af Kvinfo og DIPD, 3-4 juni.
4.juni. “Kvinder og politisk repræsentation”, konferencen “Kvinder, demokrati og ligestilling – 100-årsdagen for kvinders valgret”. arr. Juridisk Fakultet, Københavns Universitet. Program: www.jura.ku.dk/kvinder-demokrati-ligestilling
5.juni ca. kl.10. DD taler på demokratimødet i Vartov. http://www.deo.dk/eu-debat/2015/demokratistafetten-skifter-haender/
5. juni ca. kl.14. DD taler på minoriteternes grundlovsfest på Christiania under titlen: “Det Danmark du ikke kender igen”.
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May 7-8, 2015- DD speaking on the Nordic gender equality model at a conference at Freiburg University, Germany: “Lilleput or Legoland. Nordic models of society”. Program: Lilliput_plakat_60x85_PRINT
April 22-23 2015. Speaking on “Feminism and Political Power in the Nordic Countries” at the international colloqium “Femmes Nordiques”, Université des femmes, Brussels. See programme here: Programme Femmes nordiques
SKEN, Torsdag den16 april 2015, 17.30-20. Europahuset, Regeringsgatan 65, Stockholm: Seminarie “Erfarenhet av kvotering” med professor Drude Dahlerup
Drude Dahlerup som är internationell expert på kvotering av det underrepresenterade könet berättar om erfarenheter runt om i världen. Fick kvinnor mer inflytande? Blev det skillnad i politik och ekonomi när fler kvinnor fick makt? Kan EU lära av erfarenheter i övriga världen?
Inbjudna är också EU-kommissionens nya chef Katarina Areskoug Mascarenhas, Riksdagens EU nämnd och Regeringens EU kansli.
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CSW 59, New York. As a member of the Global Civil Society Advisory Group (GCSAG) to the executive director of UNWomen, Drude Dahlerup participates in the meetings and side-events of the UN Commission on the Status of Women’s annual meeting in New York, March 2015. Also in some of the many NGO meetings. She had the role as commentator at the large “CSW 59 Intergenerational Dialogue” meeting March 13th.
February, 17-18, 2015, UNWomen, New York. Expert Group meeting on gender and constitutions.
Video
Video med Drude Dahlerup om kvotering i politik globalt/ video on the global trend to introduce electoral gender quotas, see homepage of Czech Fórum 50%
London School of Education, LSE: Gender, Inequality and Power Commission
The Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power has been established to better understand the complex and multidimensional character of inequality and power imbalances between women and men with respect to the economy, law, politics and media/culture and with regard to the issues of rights, power, work/family balance, and violence which cut across these areas
Drude Dahlerup will participate in a panel in Session 2: Gender and Politics, Friday 16 January 2015, 9.30-5.30pm, Venue: LSE, Vera Anstey Room, Old Building, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE.
read more: GIP Politics Jan 16 – Programme
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Danish Institute for International Studies, DIIS, 13.jan. 2015, kl. 13-15.30.
Jennefer Lawless and Drude Dahlerup:
“Are there any Barriers left for Women in Politics?”, see
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Kvinder i international politik

Tid og sted
Mandag den 12. januar kl. 17-19
KVINFOs bibliotek, Christians Brygge 3, 1219 København K (www.kvinfo.dk)
Gratis adgang efter først til mølle-princippet.
Hvis Hillary Clinton stiller op til præsidentvalget i 2016 vil det på alle måder være historisk, og det endelige gennembrud for kvinder i international politik mener mange. Men hvordan går det egentlig på verdensplan med kvinder i politik?

Autumn 2014
Symposium on “The Role of Feminist Movements during Regime Change”, org. by Stockholm University and CAWTAR, Nov. 24-25, 2014 in Tunis, Tunisia, Callforpapers.Nov2014.Final.2 and
- PhD course on “Comparative Studies of Women in Public Life”, Nov. 26-27, 2014 in Tunis, Tunisia. Finalprogram.PhD.Nov.20
* Konferens om Medborgarnas Europa2_Umeå_16-17sept
* Det feministiske tidskrift FETT 10 års jubilæum – konference i Oslo 6.sept. 2014. Panel om Transnational Feminism med Parvin Ardalan – Women’s rights activist (IR)
Aili Mari Tripp Professor of Political Science and Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin – Madison (US); Drude Dahlerup, professor, Stockholm University;
Leah Chapa-Chipatti – Leader of Pan -African Women’s network Akina Mama; Moderator: Aina Landsverk Hagen, researcher at Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet (HiOA)
2014 Spring
*Interview in the Canadian newspaper, Le Solei, May 18, 2014 on the global gender quota trend: http://bit.ly/1hgDb1s
* Europäische Akademie für Frauen in Politik und Wirtschaft Berlin
http://http://frauen-macht-politik.de/home/aktuelles/schwerpunktthemaparite/fachtagung.html
Pressemitteilung zur Fachtagung “Parité jetzt!”
* April 2014 (week 17): Mission to Egypt on how to empower women in parliamentary politics under the new constitution of January 2014. A mission for the IPU.
IPU Draft Proposal Advisory Delegation
* April 2014 (week 14): On mission in the new democracy in Bhutan:
Aim of mission: DIPD Consultancy Contract.2
2013 Autumn
Speech Nijmegen Sept.26
Alumndagen 3 oktober 2013, Stockholms universitet
Key-note speech, Universität Wien. EIF_PublicLecture_Workshop.final_21.10.2013
Oct.30-Nov.3: Visiting professor University of Jordan.
Stemmeretsjubileum Oslo 14-15-nov: International Conference Oslo 2013 (Draft Programme 5 August 2013)
Nov. 19-22: Academy of Global Governance, European University Institute, Florence.Academy of Global Governance
Dec.7-8 Research conference in Tunis, Tunisia, org. by the project: “New Avenues for Political Influence for Women in the Arab Region? See program under projects.