MONA LENA KROOK
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Media and Consulting
Media Interviews and Contributions
"How Women Fare in International Political Arena," Harvard University Gazette, March 12, 2009.
"Quotas: Women Rising," The Economist, September 18, 2008.
"Backlash Spectacular," The Nation, May 26, 2008.
"Conversations with Kathleen Dunn," Wisconsin Public Radio, January 21, 2008.
"Decision 2008: Campaigns Target Women," St. Louis KTVI-Channel 2 News, January 18, 2008.
"Empowering Women," The Sun (Malaysia), February 21, 2008.
"Machismo Yields to Ministras," Christian Science Monitor, April 22, 2004.

Reports for International Organizations
Gender Quotas and Women's Political Empowerment. Talk delivered to the "African Women's Political Leadership" Conference. Organized by the Club of Madrid's African Women Leaders Project, supported by the European Commission, the Canadian International Development Agency, and the Hunt Alternatives Fund's Initiative for Inclusive Society, and held in Brussels, Belgium, October 7-8, 2008.
Electoral Gender Quota Systems and their Implementation in Europe (co-authored with Christina Alnevall, Milica Antic, Drude Dahlerup, Lenita Freidenvall, Malgorzata Fuszara, Brigitte Geissel, Petra Meier, and Mariette Sineau). Report commissioned by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, European Parliament, Strasbourg, France, October 2007-September 2008.
Quotas for Women in Elected Politics: Measures to Increase Women's Political Representation Worldwide. Talk delivered to the "Towards Achieving At Least 30 Percent Participation of Women at Decision-Making Levels in Malaysia" Best Practices Seminar. Organized by the Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development and the United Nations Development Programme, and held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 3-4, 2007.
Gender Quota Laws in Global Perspective. Background paper for the "Women in the Americas: Paths to Political Power" Conference. Organized by the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American Dialogue, the League of Women Voters, and the Organization of American States, and held at the United States Congress and Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, March 27-28, 2007. Excerpted in Women in the Americas: Paths to Political Power, Report Card on Women in Political Leadership, January 2008.
Political Representation of Women in the Americas. Selected bibliography prepared for the Secretariat of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas, Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas, Quebec National Assembly, Quebec City, Canada, April 2004.