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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
Originally published by Jared Mitovich for Yahoo! Finance The US this year dropped further behind other countries in closing the gender gap among several measures, according to new data from the…