“We live in a world in which women living in poverty face gross inequalities and injustice from birth to death. From poor education to poor nutrition to vulnerable and low pay employment, the sequence of discrimination that a woman may...
A Letter From Kirsten Gillibrand: This is a site that was built for us: WomenCount is a new crowdfunding platform, like Kickstarter or Indiegogo, to support and elect progressive women. When I heard you could create or search through existing “slates”...
“When women influence decisions about war and peace and take the lead against extremism in their communities, it is more likely crisis will be resolved without recourse to violence.” Establishing gender balance in office is more critical now then ever...
Senator Amy Klobuchar and Senator Claire McCaskilland were on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert talking about the women of the Senate and how they work together to get things done. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROs5kr-643I[/embed]
History suggests when more women are in government, the country benefits. Important read: “We know that companies with more gender-balanced leadership teams significantly outperform companies with only men at the helm,” says Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of Twenty first, a consulting...
Congratulations Louise Slaughter, Barbara Lee and Donna Edwards on being honored at the 2015 Women Money Power Summit! "The Feminist Majority, in partnership with Feminist Majority Foundation, at its bi-annual Women Money Power Summit presents its first ever Lifetime Achievement Award to Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, the 2015 Fearless Trailblazer...
"Women make up 31 percent of Oregon legislators, as opposed to 24 percent nationwide. They caucus regularly when the legislature is in session. They have helped to push legislation that appears to be of specific concern to women, such as...
When it comes to voter turnout women always tends to outnumber the men. But did you know that only about 30 percent of big donors to campaigns are women? When you stop to think about the billions of dollars of...
This article is an interesting look at something we've continued to see as an issue for women candidates for office. Though once in office they often outperform their male counterparts , women continue to struggle with fundraising at the same rate...
