Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: Record Number of Female Candidates Prompting New Debate Approach By Jim Lokay, Fox 5 DC’s “The Final 5” In case you missed it, our own Amanda Hunter …

  With reports over the weekend of new sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the debate over whether he should serve on the nation’s highest court has re-emerged as a political issue. Last fall, just after the 2018 elections, the Women & Politics Institute at American University partnered with Benenson Strategy Group …

  Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up: Debate Edition. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: 6 Takeaways From the September Democratic Debate By Shane Goldmacher and Reid J. Epstein, New York Times The moderators did not hold back at last …

  New York Times | Lisa Lerer During the Democratic primary debates, [Kirsten Gillibrand] proactively brought up topics relating to issues like gender dynamics and reproductive rights, more than nearly all the other candidates, according to an analysis by the Women and Politics Institute at American University and the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, which studies and supports …

  For the first time this cycle, a Democratic presidential primary debate will feature only the top ten candidates. However, in this winnowed-down debate field, women will still represent nearly a third of the candidates on the debate stage. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Amy Klobuchar will be in next week’s debate, while Congresswoman …

  Two debates down, ten to go. As we head into the third match-up of the cycle, here’s a look back at what we’ve seen so far, and what we’re looking for in the months ahead… First, a little history. 4 History-Making Debate Moments. Women on both sides of the aisle have been present in …

  In 2018, teachers across the nation went on strike in order to demand higher pay, more resources, and more support for the American public school system. We saw women take the leap from marching and protesting to running for office, and some teachers decided to do the same. One teacher – a law school …

  The “Me Too” movement was founded more than a decade ago by civil rights activist Tarana Burke, but it has more recently gained international attention as people around the world began using social media to share their experiences with sexual harassment. The reach of the “Me Too” movement extends into politics, with 51% of …

  When the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team (USWNT) won the World Cup in July, there were more than just cheers coming from the stand: the crowd chanted “equal pay!” — a reference to the lawsuit women players brought against the US Soccer Federation over gender discrimination. The members of the USWNT aren’t the first …

August 6, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 We often hear the question, “When did women of color, particularly Black women, get the right to vote?” The short answer is that, legally, all women should have gained the right when the 19th Amendment was declared part of the U.S. …