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Commitment to 2012 –women’s political organizations engage in massive recruitment efforts
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – Women’s political organizations across the nation are engaged in a massive effort to recruit, train and support women political candidates for races in 2012. With women holding just 17% of the seats in Congress, women’s groups are fired up to change the trend and the results. The Center…
Read MoreName It. Change It. The year in political media sexism.
By Name it. Change it. – Every year we like to evaluate the trends we’ve seen in political media coverage of women politicians and candidates. Sadly, in the year 2011 we found no limit to how demeaning or insulting some media outlets and personalities felt they needed to be towards women. No one says media…
Read MoreHappy New Year! Politics Women to Watch in 2012
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – While several high profile women are on the ballot for 2012, it will be the down ticket women, running at the local and state level who would conceivably make their mark on next year’s election. Women’s organizations across the country are engaged in massive recruiting efforts to recruit…
Read MoreWomen’s Media Center: 10 “Must Haves” for the Woman Who Would Be President
Written by Diana Bartelli Carlin, Nichola D. Gutgold and Theodore F. Sheckels,Women’s Media Center As the list of presidential contenders thins, it is likely that the 2012 U.S. presidential final will be an all-male affair. Our forthcoming book invites the audience to consider women with qualifications to serve as president and explores reasons, few of them reasonable,…
Read MoreElectWomen’s Look Back – 2011 Notable Women in Politics
1 – Representative Gabrielle Giffords – Arizona Congresswoman, shot in the head during a neighborhood constituent gathering at a supermarket. It remains unknown whether she will run for Congress in 2012. 2 – Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz – Florida Congresswoman appointed to the head of the Democratic National Committee. 3 – Representative Kathy Hochul –…
Read MoreOn Facebook? Look again. No women on its corporate board.
By Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance – FORTUNE — Facebook is a great, shining example of the new economy and all its innovative promise, right? Let’s hope not. Don’t get me wrong. I have no problem with young guys with ideas making lots of money, creating jobs, and making customers…
Read More10 Most Lucrative Industries For Women
By Online Degrees Hub – Over the past 100 years, women have completely reinvented themselves. Gender boundaries are consistently being erased, and women continue to make huge strides in gaining the skills, recognition and compensation that they deserve. We are not far away from the end of the glass ceiling and true equality for women…
Read MoreHow Important is Training for Women Candidates?
By Kathy Groob, Political Consultant and Founder of ElectWomen.com – Political candidate training/readiness is an old concept, but in recent years women’s groups have recognized the value of preparing women leaders to run for public office. National and statewide organizations are training women year-round and providing the keys to election success….just for women. Bottom line; training…
Read MoreU.S. Senate Candidate Tammy Baldwin Delivers Passionate Defense Of Progressivism
By Amanda Terkel for Huffington Post — The typical Washington consultant has simple advice for Senate candidates in a purple state: Run to the middle, and whatever you do, don’t let your opponent smear you as a liberal. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), running for Wisconsin’s open U.S. Senate seat, ignored that advice Monday night —…
Read MoreWomen Winning Racking Up Primary Victories
Women Winning – whose mission is to encourage, promote and support pro-choice women’s leadership in all political parties and levels of public office – celebrates December primary victories of Susan Allen and Kari Dziedzic. In heavily Democratic districts, it is likely Allen and Dziedzic will be elected to the legislature following the January 10 special…
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