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Women's Leadership

July 31, 2015
New Blog Post on Women Leaders: Number has grown, but they are still a small group

A new blog post on the state of women’s leaders published by the Pew Research Center – a fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world – compliments the statistics captured in the

July 29, 2015
UK party leadership election: Labour contender Jeremy Corbyn commits to gender parity with a 50:50 shadow cabinet

“We will never be a successful society in which all are able to achieve their potential until we have equality for women”.

April 30, 2015
Senator Mikulski will give remarks on her 45 years as a trailblazer for women’s political participation

Throughout her impressive career, Barbara Mikulski, the senior U.S. senator from Maryland, has been one of the fiercest advocates in Congress for the advancement of women and girls.

Photo credit: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh
March 30, 2015
The (slow) rise of women-oriented political parties

Since 2001, at least 14 political parties with a women-oriented political agenda have emerged across India, according to an analysis of an official 

People's Democracy Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yuksekdag speaks at a meeting on Feb. 11, 2015.  (photo by Facebook/@Figen Yüksekdağ)
March 24, 2015
Kurdish women’s movement reshapes Turkish politics

The People’s Democracy Party (HDP) has co-chairs for all representative levels. A female and male official share the responsibility.

Women’s International League of Peace
March 24, 2015
You Can Thank the Feminist Movement for Being a Historic Pillar of America's Peace Movement

My grandmother, Lola Maverick Lloyd, was among 47 American feminists who sailed to the Netherlands in April of 1915 in hopes of stopping World War One.  She and her peers were answering the call of a Dutch physician, Aletta Jacobs, who pleaded with them to come join women from both sides of