Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Complicated Origins of the Electoral College; With Women in Power, Women’s Lives Improve

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week’s Weekend Reading covers our 2024 Declaration of Sentiments, the need for bipartisan solutions in state government, ditching (or at least reforming) the electoral college, historic elections in Canada, declining women executives in the U.K., and the Indian Women’s Reservation Act.

Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester Could Make History as First Two Black Women to Serve Simultaneously in U.S. Senate

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: Indigenous People’s Day, the New York Equal Rights Amendment, fostering trust in a time of misinformation, Angela Alsobrooks’ and Lisa Blunt Rochester’s campaigns, calls for increased women’s representation in the Sri Lankan parliament, and more.

While Women Take the Lead in Mexico’s Government, Here’s How Can We Elect More Women in the U.S.

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: Feminists from around the world meet in Athens, Greece, to talk women’s representation and gender gaps in the European Union; Mexico inaugurated its first woman president Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum, her Cabinet is half women, and the Supreme Court and Congress are headed by women; Alabama is the only state without any legislators who are mothers of school-age children; MSNBC special titled “Black Women in America: The Road to 2024,” focused on the critical influence of Black women in American politics; and more.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: N.Y. Sen. Jessica Ramos Challenges Eric Adams for Mayor; Nikki Haley Says Trump, Vance ‘Need to Change the Way They Speak About Women’

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

In this week’s Weekend Reading, we’ll cover dedicated groups committed to election reform, organizations supporting women running for office at the local level, the latest 2024 elections information that women voters need, the Ranked-Choice Voting Act, and state Sen. Jessica Ramos’ campaign announcement.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: New Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Initiative in Colorado; the ‘Electability’ Debate for Women in Politics

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: a new ranked-choice voting ballot initiative in Colorado, the “electability” debate for women running for office, the Democratic Party is challenging long-held beliefs regarding the electability of women candidates, and more.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: The Quest for Gender Parity in the Paralympics; Women’s Critical Role in the Labor Movement

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: More women are elected to higher office in countries with parliamentary systems than those with presidential systems; Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Washington, D.C., all have ballot measures proposing ranked-choice voting this November; a record 45 percent of the total Paralympic competitors are women; and more.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Women-Led Convos at the DNC; Stacey Abrams and I Are Done With the Electoral College

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: We recap the DNC; take a closer look at the 2024 Gender Parity Index, specifically in Michigan; analyze the results of the Alaska ranked-choice voting primary election for Congress and last month’s Rwanda parliamentary elections; and advocate for the importance of integrating a gender lens into all areas of philanthropy.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: U.S. Politics Is Halfway to Gender Parity; Feminists’ Presidential Dream Team

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: Influential figures in Brussels are backing away from equality commitments; women make up less than 27 percent of all U.S. House candidates; rank your presidential dream team; two U.S. states receive an “A” grade for gender parity; and more.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Kamala Harris Takes the Torch; Rest in Power, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee; Will D.C. Get Ranked-Choice Voting This November?

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: remembering U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s leadership in protecting women from domestic violence and recognizing Juneteenth as a national holiday; For the first time in history, parent athletes competing in the Olympics now have access to a nursery in the Olympic Village; Alice Milliat was a pioneer who championed gender equality in the Olympics; Kamala Harris is the best candidate to compete against former President Trump; and more.