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.
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.
The Pipeline to Politics Project conference seeks to empower women to become leaders in the political and civic arenas, said Hannah Brenner, director of Women’s Leadership Programs at the Carl Albert Congressional and Studies Center.
Canada's first female prime minister has launched a spirited defence of the woman who hopes to become the United States' first female president.
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.
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.
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.
Women hold relatively few elected positions primarily because they don’t pursue them, a new report by the Brookings Institution concludes.
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.