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Women Face Age Bias Whether They Are Young, Middle Age or Older
A new study has found that women in the workplace face age bias regardless of how old they are or what stage of the career they are in.
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It’s Not Democracy Without Women in Positions of Power
Originally published by Minna Cowper-Coles for World Politics Review There was a moment in 2020 when women’s political leadership was in the spotlight. From German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Iceland’s Prime…
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More Women in Workforce than Ever
Originally Published by Alicia Wallace for CNN The labor force participation rate for women in their prime working age hit an all-time high in June, reaching 77.8%, according to Bureau of…
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: SCOTUS Is ‘Making History for the Wrong Reasons’; America Had More than One Founding
This week’s celebration of the 247th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence is a reminder that the United States was founded on the idea that political power comes from the people, not a monarch.
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Megan Rapinoe: a Leader On and Off the Field at the Women’s Fourth World Cup
Megan Rapinoe is embracing a changed role for what may well be her last appearance at the Women's World Cup, as her off-the-pitch leadership shapes the next generation of United States players.
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Bitter rivals. Beloved friends. Survivors.
After 50 years, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova understand each other like no one else can. When cancer came, they knew where to turn.
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Launch of New Young Women Leaders Program Honors Former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright
Honoring the foreign policy contributions and legacy of the United States’ first female Secretary of State and engaging a new generation of future young women leaders from around the world, today, the U.S. Department of State announced the launch of the Study of the U.S. Institutes’ Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders Program.
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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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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.