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“The mountain of evidence keeps growing. Women leaders outperform. Especially during a crisis.”
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes Contributor
Nations with greater female representation in positions of power have smaller climate footprints
—Christiana Figueres + Tom Rivett-Carnac, The Future We Choose
In a recent pew poll of perceived leadership qualities—women scored higher than men on 9 out of ten political leadership qualities—and 9 out of 12 business leadership qualities.
—PEW Research Survey (2018)
There's a strong, negative and statistically significant relationship between the proportion of women in a country’s legislature and the level of corruption.
—World Bank
Government & Power
The U.S. Capitol building has more than 540 rooms, but none bore the names of women senators — until now
A new study states what at least half the world’s population knows is obvious: women are better leaders when it comes to solving major crises
Female voters had a massive impact on the outcome of Australia’s elections. Polling, media and politicians seem to agree it was women who upset the balance of power.
AI’s its full potential can only be realized if the technology represents the diversity of the populations it represents
Women’s representation increases political stability and peace
Emilia Schneider is part of the new generation of young people who come to the Chilean democratic institutions from social movements. She is a member of the Frente Amplio coalition of President Gabriel Boric
Women are improving people’s lives everywhere. They defend human rights, fight corruption and protect the environment, often at great personal risk.
“When you don't see yourself in a place you're afraid to be yourself in a place.”
President Joe Biden’s campaign promise illustrates how much Democrats rely on Black women, and their increasing power in government
Her accomplishment — which followed a particularly contentious nomination process — is being celebrated by government officials and human rights activists as a defining moment for the country and its male-dominated judiciary.
Xiomara Castro has pledged to focus on poverty, women’s rights, and migration.
In Mexico, half of Congress is now female and seven of the country's 32 governors are women. This is partly due to changing attitudes but also to federally mandated gender equality laws.
Fourteen of Chile’s 24 new cabinet ministers are women, and several are former student protest leaders.
So long as the U.S. Senate agrees with President Joe Biden, women will soon form the majority of the Federal Reserve’s seven-member board for the first time in its 108-year history
One of the most, if not the most powerful women in the world—is a feminist.
“I don’t think men or women have a particular trump card over others but I think it’s important courts reflect society,.”
The new coalition government boasts a record number of female ministers.
President Biden and the Dem-led Senate have moved quickly to boost minority and female representation on the federal courts following Trump’s four-year push to remake the judiciary White + male.
On June 6, Mexico elected six female governors — only nine women had been governors since 1953.
A profile of Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., who has argued over her 39-year diplomatic career that educating and empowering women and girls is an investment in peace and security for their nations.
