“…From among these explanations, structural socioeconomic conditions, related to the notions of power, status, and prestige in society, present themselves as a dominant explanatory variable for the persisting gender gap, particularly in the Western societies (Inglehart & Norris, 2003). On the other hand, from the value‐systems cultural perspective, previous accounts observed that gender gaps are uniquely endemic to the Muslim‐majority countries, implying a negative association between Islam and Muslim women's political rights and participation (Fish, 2002; Norris & Inglehart, 2011; Rorbæk, 2015). However, more recent cross‐national empirical studies have found no direct evidence to substantiate the link between Islam and the gender gap with respect to political activism (Achilov, 2016; Coffé & Dilli, 2015).…”