RESEARCH IDEAS DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARE WOMEN WANTED IN POLITICS AT ALL? WOMEN AND POLITICS IN HUNGARY (Research ideas) Lídia Balogh – Borbála Juhász October 2023 The purpose of this paper is, firstly, to give an overview of recent research results, and secondly to point out the blank spots, providing guidance to all those who are planning research or conducting an analysis on the topic of“women and politics in Hungary”. The publication proposes that the interests and objectives of both science and evidence-based public policymaking are to consider the hypothesis that men and women have different interests, perspectives, and preferences in various areas of social life. This paper identifies two perspectives while examining the participation of women in decision-making and political representation: one focuses on female decision-makers, the other on female voters.