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Hillary Clinton has made a political calculation to capture the women’s vote by playing gender politics to make herself the first woman President.
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Representing the congressional district of San Francisco, Nancy Pelosi last year became the first woman speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives—the highest-ranking woman in government. Known for her energy, passion, and ambition, Pelosi, 67, established herself as a Democratic leader in Congress by promoting women's health, stem cell research, workers' rights, and the expansion of educational opportunities
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Part of the excitement around Hillary's campaign is that she genuinely could become the first female president in American history - in a country with an appalling record on promoting women to senior political positions, Condi Rice notwithstanding.
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Albright and 75 other women leaders met in New York for a three-day summit to address global threats in addition to terrorism, including climate change, economic insecurity and crimes against humanity.
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Women have made up the majority of voters in primary elections for years. But in a topsy-turvy campaign - now shifting to large and diverse states such as California - they are baffling pollsters, pundits and campaign strategists, and surprising perhaps even themselves.
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Women heavily dominated the turnout in every state, accounting for between 55 percent and 62 percent of the electorate, according to a gender analysis by EMILY's List, the Washington, D.C.-based political action committee that backs pro-choice female Democrats.
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At the Congressional level women make up just 16 percent, and state and local government numbers are not much better. Media outlets use a double standard for women that then plays out in campaigns; women are perceived as being too strong, too weak or just not qualified.
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Women hold relatively few elected positions primarily because they don’t pursue them, a new report by the Brookings Institution concludes. While research has shown that women who chose to run experience a “complete absence of overt gender bias” when it comes to fund-raising and vote totals, women make up slightly more than 24% of statewide elected officials and represent about 16% of Congress.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other high-ranking women government ministers on Thursday called for breaking the silence over sexual violence against women and girls in armed conflict.
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