Author: Steph Scaglia

Steph Scaglia is a research associate at RepresentWomen, a think tank and research hub dedicated to strengthening our democracy through ensuring more women can run, win, serve and lead. She graduated from New York University with a degree in political science in 2022.

Gender Parity Index 2022: Women Continue to Break Records—But We Must Break Down Barriers

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RepresentWomen’s Gender Parity Index (GPI), which weighs women’s representation at the national, state and local levels, shows how incremental and sporadic progress for gender balance truly is. According to this year’s Index, there are no states that have reached gender parity — a basement metric if we’re to call ourselves a truly reflective 21st century democracy. A majority of states earned a “D” grade for women’s representation in government, further proving that we are not even close to fully cheering “shattered ceilings” or taking victory laps for national “broken records.”