From the new records set by women politicians for gubernatorial and congressional seats to the reversal of Roe v. Wade, 2022 has been a massive year for women in politics! Below are GOTB’s top 12 moments for women in politics in 2022.   1. Year Three of COVID impacting women disproportionally. 2022 marked two …

  Earlier this year, I wrote about the record number of Black women running for office in 2022, particularly for the US Senate and statewide executive roles. Well, now the dust has settled, and while there were some gains, this was not the year a Black woman was elected to a governor’s mansion or the …

  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: The Midterms Could Set A New Record For Female Governors — And Send Fewer Women To Congress Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Meredith Conroy, FiveThirtyEight This election year could be record-setting …

  While women are registering to vote in massive numbers following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Mississippi, those numbers have been shown to be concentrated in some states over others. The surge has been greatest in the states where abortion access is directly on the ballot, like Kansas, or those where the outcome …

  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:   Women Are Registering to Vote in Huge Numbers in Response to the Roe Decision Fortesa Latifi, Teen Vogue TargetSmart, a political data research organization, reports that …

  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:   A record number of Black candidates for higher offices aim to reshape U.S. politics Tim Craig, Washington Post This fall, a record number of Black peopleare …

This is Part II in our two-part series on the basics of the post-Roe landscape. Read Part I here. The Kansas Constitutional Amendment Vote: On August 2, 2022, Kansas voters rejected (59% to 41%) a proposal for a state constitutional amendment that would have eliminated the right to an abortion as decided by the state …

  Nearly two months after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, there seem to be far more questions than answers. An unstable political scene, coupled with a highly nuanced, complex legal landscape makes identifying relevant information nearly impossible. In an effort to make civics accessible to all, we are providing a short series of posts …

  Last year, my local Boston political climate experienced a major paradigm shift—in a city that exclusively had white male Mayors since its founding, four women of color led the race for Mayor. Mayor Michelle Wu is now the first woman, first person of color, first Millennial, first daughter of immigrants, and first mom to …

  While much of life is returning to some semblance of “normal,” the economic stresses and strains that we’ve been grappling with since 2020 continue. These challenges are particularly acute for women age 50 and over. For example, AARP research last year found that about 40% of working women 50+ had experienced at least one job interruption …