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For First Time, Women Represented in All Parliaments of the World
For the first time ever, there are women MPs in every single country on Earth, the Interparliamentary Union, IPU, said on Friday.
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There’s a Way to Add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution – And We Did It
The constitutional rights of women and queer people in this country are no joke. Can someone tell Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby? In his opinion piece earlier this month declaring the death of…
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A Majority of Women Say They Could Do Their Boss’s Job Better
64% of women say they could do their boss’s job better than them, but they aren’t getting the chance
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At 89, After More Than 30 Years in the Senate, A Trailblazing Woman Has Announced Her Retirement
Dianne Feinstein Is Old, Absolutely. She’s Also an Absolute Giant.
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Iran: The Politics of Women’s Rights and Hypocrisy
In a vote that highlights the fraught international politics of women’s rights, Iran was recently expelled from the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
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Online Misogyny Is a National Security Threat, New Study Finds
In the spring of 2021, Annalena Baerbock became an unlikely candidate to lead Germany’s chancellery election after experiencing a huge surge in popularity ahead of the vote in September of that year. But after she…
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Barbara Lee, a Longtime Congresswoman, Is Running for Senate in California
Representative Barbara Lee, who stood alone against authorizing military action after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and remains a leading antiwar voice in Congress, entered the 2024 Senate race in California on Tuesday, becoming the…
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How to Ensure the Next World Bank President Is Its First Woman Leader
The resignation of David Malpass as World Bank president last week offers a rare chance to tackle one of the root causes of the so-called “crisis of multilateralism.” Like many of the multinational organizations created in the wake of…
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Who Will Be Our First Woman President?
What will it take for a woman to obtain the highest office in the land? While pundits debate Nikki Haley's chances, historian Alexis Coe looks back at a speech former President Gerald Ford gave to a group of children and wonders if he—and whole bunch of film and TV writers—was right all along.
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First Ladies From Martha Washington to Jill Biden Have Gotten Outsized Attention for Their Clothing Instead of Their Views
First ladies’ fashion choices tend to attract a lot of attention and often, quite literally, go down in history. Now, with their new home at the Smithsonian Museum’s popular gallery showcasing first ladies’…