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In Wake of SC Primary, High-Tech Effort Launched to Encourage Women to Run for Office
(COLUMBIA, SC) – In the immediate wake of the state’s GOP presidential primary, the Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics (the Institute), in conjunction with our partners Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina (BCBSSC) and IT-oLogy, is announcing an exciting and innovative plan geared at encouraging and educating women to run for elected office in…
Read MoreWhy Women Still Won’t Run for Office
By Kathy Groob, Publisher of ElectWomen Magazine and Author of Pink Politics With just 17% of the members of Congress representing the female gender, the United States has a systemic problem—there aren’t enough women serving in elected office. More than 50 countries rank higher than the United States in women’s elected representation; we come in…
Read MorePros and Cons of Quotas for Women in Politics
The Atlantic – Isobel Coleman – Isobel Coleman is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative and Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program at Council on Foreign Relations. She blogs at “Democracy in Development.” Pros and cons of requiring national parliaments to include a minimum number of women Quotas…
Read MoreOlivia Freeman Faces Obstacles in Race for Congress. She’s Faced Them Before.
Ohio’s 10thth Congressional District has newly-drawn boundaries and is held currently by Republican Mike Turner. Olivia Freeman isn’t letting the long odds of a heated primary and a Republican incumbent stop her from running for Congress. A self-described “work horse, not a show horse,” Olivia Freeman believes her second shot at a congressional seat, and…
Read MoreIowa 50/50 in 2020 Holding First Annual Blueprint For Winning Academy
50-50 in 2020 is a bipartisan initiative to achieve political equity in Iowa, founded by former Democrat Senator Jean Lloyd-Jones and former Republican Senator Maggie Tinsman. The Blueprint for Winning Academy kickoff event featutres Debbie Walsh, Center for American Women in Politics – Rutgers University. Her keynote address is titled “Why Each Individual (Woman) Candidate…
Read MoreWomen Winning Does It Again. Susan Allen & Kari Dziedzic Sweep in Minneapolis Special Elections
With the election of Kari Dziedzic and Susan Allen to the legislature, Women Winning is five for five in legislative special elections Saint Paul, Minn. – January 10, 2012 – Women Winning – whose mission is to encourage, promote and support pro-choice women’s leadership in all political parties and levels of public office – congratulates Susan…
Read MoreElection Officers who Block the Vote
By Robert M. Brandon – Many news stories have focused on efforts of new Republican majorities in state legislatures around the country to pass laws viewed as suppressing the vote of traditional Democratic constituencies. But recent actions by some secretaries of state look even more disturbing, given their traditional role as a state’s chief elections officer,…
Read MoreForget New Hampshire. The Women Action on Tuesday is in Minnesota.
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine –Tuesday, January 10th voters will go to the polls for two special elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Open seats in Minneapolis Senate District 59 and House District 61 feature two women—Kari Dziedzic and Susan Allen. If elected, Susan Allen would become the first Native American woman to ever serve in…
Read MoreBad news for women: Study Says Looks Matter as TV Covers Congress
By Sam Roberts for The New York Times – Maybe looks aren’t everything, but new research suggests that more physically attractive members of Congress get more coverage on network television. Two Israeli professors concluded that members whom a student survey judged to be better looking appeared more frequently on television — but not radio or in…
Read MoreAnnouncing PINK POLITICS Book Tour & Speaking Events – New Dates Added
ElectWomen Magazine Publisher and Author Kathy Groob, will launch her PINK POLITICS book tour and speaking events beginning Saturday, January 7, 2012. In her new book PINK POLITICS – The Woman’s Practical Guide to Winning Elections, Groob tells of her own experiences as a candidate and offers women a realistic assessment of what it takes…
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