Zohran Mamdani

This Week in Women’s Representation: Earth Day 2025; Barbara Lee Wins Oakland Mayor Race with Ranked-Choice Voting; Group of All Men Negotiate Ukraine War

PUBLISHED 4/25/2025 by

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

This week: The official theme of Earth Day 2025 is “Our Power, Our Planet,” calling for individuals to advocate for climate solutions and renewable energy at every level of government; former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee won a convincing win in a ranked-choice voting election to become the fourth consecutive woman elected as mayor and the first-ever Black woman mayor; zero women were included in the Ukraine-Russia peace talks; a woman Democrat could replace Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat in Illinois; and more.

This Week in Women’s Representation: Women Shoppers Face Double Burden of Pink Tax and Tariffs; Happy Birthday, Dolores Huerta!

PUBLISHED 4/11/2025 by

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

This week: Women worldwide have made giant strides in the 21st century toward parity, but that progress is stalling and, in some cases, being reversed; Virginia’s 2025 gubernatorial elections will likely result in the state’s first woman governor; the ‘pink tax,’ combined with new Trump tariffs, will without a doubt exacerbate income inequality and economic hardship experienced by women; and more.