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Rest in Power: Peg Yorkin, Feminist Trailblazer and Supporter of Women in Politics
Yorkin’s work was crucial to increasing the number of women serving in elected office and securing the abortion pill in the U.S.
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Japan Sends Male Minister to Lead G7 Meeting on Women’s Empowerment
Originally Published by Chad De Guzman for Time Representatives from each of the Group of Seven (G7) nations gathered in the Japanese city of Nikko, 70 miles north of…
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court; Ranked-Choice Voting Reaches Arlington, Va.
As we strive for equality, it is essential to remember both the progress and the setbacks we have faced, so that we can be pragmatic about the work ahead.
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The 20 Best Countries for Women – the U.S. Isn’t One of Them
Originally published by Morgan Smith for CNBC No country has yet achieved full equality between men and women — but some countries are doing a better job of closing the gender…
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Melinda French Gates: Why I’m Focusing on Getting More Women In Public Office
Originally published by Melinda French Gates for TIME In 1976, Anna Belle Clement O’Brien, known as the first lady of Tennessee politics, ran for office on the slogan “A woman’s…
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What Research Tells Us We Can Do to Help More Women Get Elected Outside of Election Years
While there have been great strides in the representation of women in US politics in recent years – including the election of a woman as Vice President in 2020 – women account for less than 30 percent of legislators in Congress.
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‘What if I Wanted to Be a Justice?’ Fort Mill Girl Finds Flaw in State Supreme Court
Originally published by Kaylen Pritchard for The State South Carolina is the only state in the U.S. that doesn’t have a woman on its Supreme Court. In 233 years of South Carolina history, there have been…
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Effect of Dobbs on Maternal Health Care Overwhelmingly Negative, Survey Shows
Originally published by Kim Bellware and Emily Guskin for The Washington Post Sweeping restrictions and even outright abortion bans adopted by states in the year since the landmark Dobbs v.
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2 Women and 2 Ways of Wielding Power in New York
Originally published by James Barron for The New York Times Two stories in recent days were unexpectedly a study in contrasts. One was about a highly visible elected official who is…
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Women’s Rights Group Files Brief Against South Carolina Abortion Ban
The Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN) filed an amicus brief with the South Carolina Supreme Court to support access to abortion in SC.