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Friday, August 17, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
When the resistance meets the polls: A historic week for women politicians
The New York Times
By Maya Salam, Yes, that’s the sound of glass shattering ahead of the midterm elections. And female candidates are stomping through the wreckage. It’s been an election year already dominated by a surge of women, and a record number of L.G.B.T....
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Wednesday, August 08, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women just broke a record: The most female nominees for governor in a single year
The Washington Post
By Amber Phillips, Nowhere is there a stronger gender disparity in U.S. politics than in governor’s mansions. Right now there are a grand total of six female governors. Tuesday may go down as a day that helps change that dismal number. Primary...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women running for office brings necessary change to American politics
The East Carolinian
By Blessing Aghimien, From the Women’s March to the #MeToo movement, the world has seen a culture shift when it comes to women demanding respect from those in charge. Now, hundreds of women across the country are embarking on a new challenge —...
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Tuesday, June 05, 2018
Win or lose, Tuesday’s primaries are a big deal for women
The New York Times
In a year that has broken records for the number of women running for office, the primaries in eight states this week might be considered Super Tuesday for female candidates. More of them will appear on ballots for congressional and statewide...
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Friday, June 01, 2018
With more women running for office in US, new opportunities — and challenges — arise
The Washington Post
The historic wave of women running for Congress and governor this year already has landed 78 women on November ballots in several states. It also has revealed an uncomfortable truth: To seize political power in a landscape still dominated by men,...
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Women continuing to make headway in Georgia politics
Mdj Online
Is this the year of the woman in Georgia politics? Based on the results of the May 22 primary election, including the local races, it may be. Politics has been a male-dominated industry in the state for centuries, with no female governors or even...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2018
Women Step Up for State Office
US News
Nevada and Arizona could make history this fall, with both states positioned to elect the first female-majority legislative chambers in the nation's history. Nationally, campaign operatives say they cannot name a single state that does not have a...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women are stepping up in politics
The Buffalo News
By Buffalo News Editorial Board American politics is changing, and not always in wholesome ways. But this one, if it can be sustained, augurs well for the country: In numbers never seen before, women are suiting up to campaign for public office. It’...
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Friday, November 03, 2017
Women in politics are also saying #MeToo
Refinery29
In the wake of the sexual violence allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, survivors across the globe and from all types of industries joined their voices to share harassment and assault stories using the hashtag #MeToo — and women in...
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Thursday, August 10, 2017
Academic Paper / Article
Why women don't run for office
Women represent 20 percent of Congress, 25 percent of state legislature seats and 12 percent of governorships. They hold 24 percent of statewide elected offices, such as attorney general and lieutenant governor. While women have proven that they can...
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Monday, June 12, 2017
Case Study
What it will take for women to win
Women are more politically mobilized than ever before — but that’s not enough to get them into office. A POLITICO investigation reveals what’s really stopping women from breaking through. One morning this spring, 80 women of different ages, parties...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Women veterans take aim at a new target: Public office
Mikie Sherrill has never run for office. But after piloting Navy rescue missions to places like the Persian Gulf, Italy and Bahrain, where the heat and humidity rattle the helicopter engine and the only thing you can count on is your calculation...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Case Study
What Happens When Women Legislate
LAS VEGAS — Cheaper tampons. Office breaks to pump breast milk. No co-pay on birth control. These are not the talking points of a ladies’ happy hour. They are among the State Senate and Assembly bills being considered in the Nevada Legislature. Not...
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Thursday, March 02, 2017
Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030
Along with a host of events across the globe, the UN Observance of International Women’s Day 2017 will focus on the theme  of “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030”, with diverse voices including  António Guterres, UN Secretary-...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Will Trump's election lead to more women in politics?
As Hillary Clinton exits the national stage, US women continue to pursue a political life. Will a Trump presidency motivate more women to run for office? The election of Donald Trump delivered a crushing blow to US women's rights activists hoping to...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2016
Data and Statistics
Women appointed to Presidential Cabinets in the United States
With many positions left to fill, President-elect Trump has already tapped several women for important positions in his administration. They include: Governor Nikki Haley as U.N. ambassador and charter school advocate Betsy DeVos as secretary of...
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Friday, September 16, 2016
Women at the White House use a simple trick to get heard
When President Obama took office, two-thirds of his top aides were men. Women complained of having to elbow their way into important meetings. And when they got in, their voices were sometimes ignored. Across sectors, and both in and outside work, ...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Multimedia
Women in Politics: Representation and Reality
Women are chronically underrepresented in U.S. politics. Yet TV shows, fictions, and films have leapt ahead of the electoral curve to give us our first female president(s). What messages about women and power do these fictional representations of...
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