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Webinar Series Helping Latinas to "Step Into the Political Power," Improve the Number of Women in Politics

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Webinar Series Helping Latinas to "Step Into the Political Power," Improve the Number of Women in Politics

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The newly launched webinar series created by VoteRunLead and LatinasRepresent has taken on the brave and worthy task of helping Latinas to "step into the political power."

 Only 32 percent of the 104 women serving in the 114th U.S. Congress are women of color. Furthermore, the Center for American Women and Politics notes, just a little over a 10th (11.5 percent) of the 78 women filling statewide elective executive seats. Of the 1,786 women legislators nationwide, a whopping 78 percent were Caucasian.

We invite our users to read the complete article published April 26 2015

Women's political participation in Latin America

The newly launched webinar series created by VoteRunLead and LatinasRepresent has taken on the brave and worthy task of helping Latinas to "step into the political power."

 Only 32 percent of the 104 women serving in the 114th U.S. Congress are women of color. Furthermore, the Center for American Women and Politics notes, just a little over a 10th (11.5 percent) of the 78 women filling statewide elective executive seats. Of the 1,786 women legislators nationwide, a whopping 78 percent were Caucasian.

We invite our users to read the complete article published April 26 2015