Subject(s): Women in Political activity in Cross-cultural studies. -- Women's rights in Cross-cultural studies. -- Women in Political activity. -- Redefiningpolitics- patterns of women's political engagement from a global perspective, research design and practice- methodological issues in feminist comparative politics research, global research on women's political engagement- history of women and politics worldwide project, measuring women's status, portraying women's lives- problem in collecting data on women's experiences -- Role of women in politics in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, South Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherland, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, US, Uruguay -- women & politics