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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
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Violence against women in politics goes far beyond the midterms — and the United States
Bustle
By Joseph D. Lyions, The record number of women running in the midterm elections highlights two huge issues facing not just the United States, but societies around the world — one, a lack of gender parity in the halls of power, and two, a key...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2018
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We too: At gathering of nations, women’s voices ring loud
AP News
By Angela Charlton, In a pivotal week for women in the United States, the U.N. put forth its own clarion set of female voices at its annual meeting of nations. And women’s empowerment was only one of their rallying cries. At the U.N. General...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2018
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African feminists emphasize key to global peace
Truth Dig
By H. Patricia, On the eve of World War II, the iconic writer Virginia Woolf responded to a male attorney’s question about how to prevent war. The key, she replied, is that women must be educated and able to earn a living. Only then, once they were...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2018
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Fury is a political weapon. And women need to wield it
The New York Times
By Rebecca Traister, What the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh showed us about who gets to be angry in public. By Rebecca Traister, Ms. Traister is the author of “Good and mad: The revolutionary power of women’s anger.” Inside...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2018
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Paulette Jordan could become the nation's first native American Governor
Elle
As told to Madison Felleras, If Paulette Jordan wins Idaho’s governor race this November, she’ll be the first female governor of the state and the nation’s first Native American governor. It’ll be a tough race—she’s running in a deep red state that...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2018
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Four colored girls who have considered politics: Enter the halls of power. America needs us
USA Today
By Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry and Minyon Moore, political activists and co-authors of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics," coming Oct. 2. As black women, our very existence is political. It’s time for us — whether we’...
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Friday, September 28, 2018
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The Guardian view on US politics: No hearing for women
The Guardian
By Brett Kavanaugh, Can you trust women? This is the question at the heart of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the supreme court. It was evident long before Thursday’s senate judiciary committee hearings addressing Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation...
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Friday, September 28, 2018
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If you want more women in politics, don’t look to the GOP
The Washington Post
By Jennifer Rubin, The Pew Research Center has some interesting data on voters’ views about the gender gap in politics: Republicans and Democrats have widely different views about where things stand today and what factors are holding women back....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
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Is the record number of women candidates a 2018 blip — or a lasting trend?
NPR
Lauren Underwood, Democratic House candidate in Illinois' 14th district, is part of a record boom of women running for office in 2018 – from Congress to governorships to state legislatures across the country. But she didn't just wake up one day and...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
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Women and political empowerment in Nigeria
The Guardian
By Davidson Aminu, Women and political empowerment in Nigeria is a topical issue and it has generated mixed reaction from both the educated and the general public. There are those who argue that women should be confined to their traditional role of...
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Friday, September 14, 2018
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Can women achieve equal political representation in Ghana?
IRI Global
Despite Ghana’s strong democratic progress over the past two decades, it has fallen short of achieving equal representation for women in politics. IRI’s party exchanges aim to address this ongoing gap in democratic progress and to build momentum for...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
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Lady of the Rings: Jacinda Rules
The New York Times
Jacinda Ardern, one of the young, progressive leaders countering Donald Trump, talks about being only the second world leader to give birth. At first, the skies were cloudless in the Land of the Long White Cloud. When she took office last October at...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
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How I learned to embrace power as a woman in Washington
Politico
By Wendy R. Sherman, In 2011, when I heard that Bill Burns was going to be named deputy secretary of state under Secretary Hillary Clinton, I called Cheryl Mills, Hillary’s chief of staff. I wanted to let her know I was interested in replacing Bill...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
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Is office politics a white man’s game?
Harvard Business Review
By Michelle King, David Denyer and Emma Parry, Love it or hate it, office politics is an inevitable part of organizational life. Many people associate political behavior with backstabbing and manipulation — but there is a constructive side to being...
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Friday, September 07, 2018
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US: 2018 is the year of the woman on the ballot
CNN
By Brooke Baldwin, Cara McClure explains her decision this way. "I wasn't planning on running, and then I woke up that morning feeling guilty ... because I have so much to offer." McClure once battled homelessness as a single mother. But her...
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Friday, August 31, 2018
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Will toxic politics stem the surge in women candidates?
Real Clear Politics
When Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election, it sparked a surge of female candidates. According to Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics, nearly 500 women initially filed to run for the U.S. House of Representatives, 54 filed...
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Friday, August 31, 2018
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Politics is a ‘rough and tough game’, but women are more than cut out for it
Women's Agenda
Early this week, Victorian MP Julia Banks announced that she would not contest her seat at the next election and would be leaving Parliament citing last week’s dramatic leadership spill as “the final straw”. Banks, a supporter of former Prime...
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Friday, August 31, 2018
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How to celebrate a complicated win for women
The New York Times
There’s a historical haze confounding plans to observe the coming 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. It descends, first, in definitions: “That’s the one that guaranteed a right to vote to all American women, right...
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