What would it take to double the representation of women in the US Congress by 2050?
Source: Ms. Magazine
Twenty years ago, the U.S. ranked 48th internationally for women’s representation. In 2021, we will rank 70th—that’s a sizable drop. But it doesn’t have to be like this.
While this is technically a “record” breaking year for the numbers of women elected to Congress, women are only guaranteed 141 seats—up slightly from 127 in 2018. And while Republican women made significant gains in the election, only 43 women of color will serve in the 117th Congress.
Progress toward gender balance in politics remains intermittent and uneven across the ideological, racial and geographic spectrum. But don’t just take it from me: The Inter-Parliamentary Union’s ranking of women in parliaments confirms the U.S. is actually not making remarkable progress—in fact, we are falling farther behind our allies in the share of women in Congress.
Twenty years ago, the U.S. ranked 48th internationally for women’s representation. In 2021, we will rank 70th—that’s a sizable drop.
Click here to read the full article published by Ms. Magazine on 1 December 2020.
Twenty years ago, the U.S. ranked 48th internationally for women’s representation. In 2021, we will rank 70th—that’s a sizable drop. But it doesn’t have to be like this.
While this is technically a “record” breaking year for the numbers of women elected to Congress, women are only guaranteed 141 seats—up slightly from 127 in 2018. And while Republican women made significant gains in the election, only 43 women of color will serve in the 117th Congress.
Progress toward gender balance in politics remains intermittent and uneven across the ideological, racial and geographic spectrum. But don’t just take it from me: The Inter-Parliamentary Union’s ranking of women in parliaments confirms the U.S. is actually not making remarkable progress—in fact, we are falling farther behind our allies in the share of women in Congress.
Twenty years ago, the U.S. ranked 48th internationally for women’s representation. In 2021, we will rank 70th—that’s a sizable drop.
Click here to read the full article published by Ms. Magazine on 1 December 2020.