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USA: Why Black women candidates had mixed results in the midterm elections (PBS Picture)
Thursday, December 01, 2022
Multimedia
USA: Why Black women candidates had mixed results in the midterm elections
PBS
A record number of Black women ran for office this year for U.S. House, Senate and governor. And while some made history with their wins, Black women are still underrepresented in public office. Nadia Brown, the Director of the Women’s and Gender...
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USA: A record number of women will serve in the next Congress (Picture: CNN)
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
USA: A record number of women will serve in the next Congress
CNN
CNN — A record number of women will be elected to Congress this year, CNN projects – but barely. The 149 women who will serve in the US House and Senate in the 118th Congress will expand the ranks of female representation by just two members above...
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Maura Healey at the Massachusetts Democratic Party convention in Worcester in June.Craig F. Walker / Boston Globe via Getty Images file
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
USA: Lesbians score big political gains in midterm elections "rainbow wave"
NBCN
The string of wins includes the election of the country’s first lesbian governors in Massachusetts and Oregon. The 2022 midterm elections ignited what LGBTQ advocates called yet another “rainbow wave,” with over 430 lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
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US: Record 12 women to serve as governors, with notable firsts (Picture: AP)
Monday, November 21, 2022
USA: Record 12 women to serve as governors, with notable firsts
AP
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A record 12 women will take their seats as their state’s highest-ranking elected officials when the nation’s governors are sworn in this winter. The number tops the high mark set in 2004 of nine, with The Associated Press’...
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas, Democrat Maura Healey of Massachusetts and Democrat Kathy Hochul of New York (A/Getty Images)
Thursday, November 10, 2022
USA: Female governors will break a record in 2023
CNN
The US will have a record number of female governors in 2023. Still, the record-setting number – 12 – will represent a small fraction of the top executives across the 50 states. The previous record of nine female governors serving concurrently was...
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu [+]BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGES
Thursday, November 10, 2022
USA: Women in politics have to deal with more harassment and violence. A new database tracks the threats
Forbes
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has become a target for white supremacists. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal of Washington was stalked outside her house by a man with a gun. And New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez receives an “astronomical” number of...
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Massachusetts Gov.-elect Maura Healey speaks during a Democratic election night party Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Wednesday, November 09, 2022
USA: These 2022 candidates made history with their election wins
Time
As the results from the midterm elections started pouring in Tuesday night, a number of candidates made history. So far, there have been barriers broken by women including women of color, young people, and members of the LGBTQ community. Here’s a...
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US midterm elections: Why Bolivia's lawmakers are 50% women (Picture Sara Aliaga)
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
US midterm elections: Why Bolivia's lawmakers are 50% women
BBC
Despite historic gains in the past two congressional elections in the US, women hold just 27% of the seats. As Americans prepare to reshape Congress in the midterms, could Bolivia inspire change? Bolivia is one of the few countries in the world...
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Nadia Radic for the Deseret News
Monday, October 03, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Utah (US): We, the women
Deseret News
Women have always been trailblazers in the West. Why are some states falling behind? She usually returned library books on time. But Emily Bell McCormick wanted to keep this one. As her mother read aloud the story of Joan of Arc, the image of an...
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US: Data on 2022 women candidates by race and ethnicity (CAWP)
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Data and Statistics
US: Data on 2022 women candidates by race and ethnicity
CAWP
The 2022 midterms have led to some new records for women candidates for the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and governor in various race and ethnicity groups, according to an analysis of candidate filings from CAWP. Asian American/Pacific Islander, Black,...
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Understanding young people’s political participation - The Body Shop
Friday, May 13, 2022
Report / White Paper
Understanding young people’s political participation
Be Seen Be Heard
Young people care – about our planet, our future and our political systems. In the last decade, young people have initiated social movements, tackling issues that impact their own lives and those of communities around the globe. They have done so...
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stands with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.Photographer: Allison Dinner/Bloomberg
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
US: The proportion of elected city offices held by women rose by just 3% in 2022
Bloomberg
Female mayors account for a little more than a quarter of the 100 largest U.S. cities. The proportion of elected offices in U.S. cities held by women increased by 3% in 2022. Still, women make up less than a third of mayors, city council members and...
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Image: PTI/ Representative
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
Uttarakhand election sees women outnumbering men in vote percentage
Republicworld
In the recently concluded single-phase Uttarakhand election women voters outnumbered men by more than 4 per cent. Goa had the highest voters overall. In the recently concluded, Uttarakhand election on Monday, February 14, data about voters was made...
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USA: New LGBTQ Gallup data reveals enormous gaps in political representation - Victory Institute
Tuesday, March 01, 2022
USA: New LGBTQ Gallup data reveals enormous gaps in political representation
Victory Institute
New Gallup polling data shows 7.1 percent of the U.S. population identifies as LGBTQ – up from 5.6 percent in 2020. The new data, released yesterday, further reveals the enormous gap in LGBTQ elected representation in the U.S., where just 0.2...
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These 5 trailblazing LGBTQ politicians are running to make history in 2022 - Credit: LGBTQ Nation
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
US: These 5 trailblazing LGBTQ politicians are running to make history in 2022
LGBTQ Nation
Every year, LGBTQ political candidates smash through rainbow ceilings in the fight to represent their communities. 2022 should be no different, with dozens of LGBTQ people already slated to run for both state and federal offices. But here are five...
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US Black women leaders are determined to be among the ranks of governors (Picture by Markus Winkler on Unsplash)
Monday, December 13, 2021
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
US black women leaders are determined to be among the ranks of governors
The Hill
By Glynda C. Carr In the seven years that Higher Heights and the Center of American Women and Politics have been issuing the Black Women in American Politics status updates, the data has consistently highlighted a challenging reality: Although more...
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Monday, September 14, 2020
USU research study: Who is included – and excluded – when making county policies?
Cache Valley Daily
A research study conducted by Utah State University’s Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP), in conjunction with USU Extension, reports that women hold 42.5% of leadership positions within county governments in Utah. Susan Madsen, founding...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2020
UNDP, Norway to work together in Ukraine to support women’s participation in local politics
Reliefweb
The United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine (UNDP) today signed a new Cooperation Agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a project boost women’s representation and participation in Ukraine’s decentralized local...
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