Paulina Barczyszyn-Madziarz is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Sciences, University of Wrocław (Poland). She graduated in political science and economics. She received her Ph.D. in social sciences. Her dissertation was awarded a distinction. She participated in several international research projects funded by the European Union (European Commission 7th Framework Programme, Erasmus+ Programme) and the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies. Her research interests focus mainly on political communication. She is a member of the Polish Communication Association as well as the Polish Political Science Association.Przemysław Żukiewicz is a Professor of Comparative Politics and head of the Data and Social Networks Lab at the Institute of Political Science, University of Wrocław (Poland). His focus is on political leadership, political communication, and social networks. He conducted research projects funded by the European Union, the National Science Centre, the Ministry of Science and the International Visegrad Fund. He made research or gave guest lectures at many foreign universities. He was awarded in prestigious Polish competitions (including the best doctoral thesis defended in political science and the political science book of the year). He is a founder and co-chair of the gender & queer politics section of the Polish Political Science Association.

• Introduction: Between global and local contexts of research on gender and LGBTQ issues and elections; 1. Gender of electoral defeat in the narrative of political parties in Poland, Belgium and the United Kingdom; 2. Gender and post-election intraparliamentary volatility in East Central Europe. Comparing Czech, Lithuanian, and Polish parliaments ; 3. The correlation between women’s participation in the electoral process and the role of woman in the family; 4. Gender and Race in American Presidential Campaign Spots in 1952–2020; 5. Beyond Dichotomous Gender Stereotyping: An Analysis of Global News Coverage of Jacinda Ardern’s Leadership; 6. Socio-cultural values as determinants of women’s political participation in Ghana; 7. At the meeting point of cultures. Gender issues from the perspective of electoral processes from the example of the Belarusian minority in Poland; 8. Discourse on LGBTQ issues in the Polish presidential campaign (2020). The perception of the LGBTQ community and foreign media; 9. The context of gender in the presidential election campaigns in Poland 2015–2020; 10. A Rainbow Election? The LGBTQ Component of Local Elections in Norway in 2019: A Case Study of the Tromsø Municipality; 11. Women in Political Thought and Activities of the Centrist Agrarian Party. The Case of the Polish People’s Party; 12. Gendering Political Science in Poland: Between Elections to Scientific Bodies and Feminist Action in the Public Sphere; Conclusions: Interrelation between global and local contexts of gender and LGBTQ issues in elections; ;

Paulina Barczyszyn-Madziarz is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Sciences, University of Wrocław (Poland). She graduated in political science and economics. She received her Ph.D. in social sciences. Her dissertation was awarded a distinction. She participated in several international research projects funded by the European Union (European Commission 7th Framework Programme, Erasmus+ Programme) and the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies. Her research interests focus mainly on political communication. She is a member of the Polish Communication Association as well as the Polish Political Science Association.Przemysław Żukiewicz is a Professor of Comparative Politics and head of the Data and Social Networks Lab at the Institute of Political Science, University of Wrocław (Poland). His focus is on political leadership, political communication, and social networks. He conducted research projects funded by the European Union, the National Science Centre, the Ministry of Science and the International Visegrad Fund. He made research or gave guest lectures at many foreign universities. He was awarded in prestigious Polish competitions (including the best doctoral thesis defended in political science and the political science book of the year). He is a founder and co-chair of the gender & queer politics section of the Polish Political Science Association.

• Introduction: Between global and local contexts of research on gender and LGBTQ issues and elections; 1. Gender of electoral defeat in the narrative of political parties in Poland, Belgium and the United Kingdom; 2. Gender and post-election intraparliamentary volatility in East Central Europe. Comparing Czech, Lithuanian, and Polish parliaments ; 3. The correlation between women’s participation in the electoral process and the role of woman in the family; 4. Gender and Race in American Presidential Campaign Spots in 1952–2020; 5. Beyond Dichotomous Gender Stereotyping: An Analysis of Global News Coverage of Jacinda Ardern’s Leadership; 6. Socio-cultural values as determinants of women’s political participation in Ghana; 7. At the meeting point of cultures. Gender issues from the perspective of electoral processes from the example of the Belarusian minority in Poland; 8. Discourse on LGBTQ issues in the Polish presidential campaign (2020). The perception of the LGBTQ community and foreign media; 9. The context of gender in the presidential election campaigns in Poland 2015–2020; 10. A Rainbow Election? The LGBTQ Component of Local Elections in Norway in 2019: A Case Study of the Tromsø Municipality; 11. Women in Political Thought and Activities of the Centrist Agrarian Party. The Case of the Polish People’s Party; 12. Gendering Political Science in Poland: Between Elections to Scientific Bodies and Feminist Action in the Public Sphere; Conclusions: Interrelation between global and local contexts of gender and LGBTQ issues in elections; ;