The ascension of Senator Kamala Harris to Vice President of the United States was an overdue historical moment for women in American politics. Her new role created a vacancy for a United States Senator from California. California Governor Gavin Newsom opted to fill the seat with a man: Alex Padilla. This selection left the US …

Every year the international community fighting for gender equality celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8th. It is a day to commemorate progress made for women around the world, and it provides a yearly reminder of how the US is doing in terms of women’s representation in government compared to the rest of the world. …

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: Biden Drops Tanden Nomination Amid Bipartisan Opposition Emily Cochrane, Michael D. Shear and Jim Tankersley, The New York Times On Tuesday, the White House announced it would be dropping Neera Tanden’s …

52 years after Shirley Chisolm was the first Black woman ever elected to Congress, we now have the highest number of Black Congresswomen in history. The same year that Kamala Harris, a Black and South Asian woman, was elected as the first woman Vice President, a record number of Black women were elected to 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: Many of Biden’s nominees of color run into turbulence in the Senate Annie Linskey, The Washington Post Activists have raised concerns that many of President Biden’s Cabinet nominees …

Parenting young children has always been difficult and expensive, but the pandemic has made it even harder – and mothers are bearing the brunt. First, the country’s worst economic crisis since the Great Depression has resulted in millions of lost jobs. More than 52 million Americans who live in households with children experienced a loss …

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 women hold state legislative leadership posts Jared Gans and Jonnette Oakes, The Hill According to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a …

At the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, we learned from our Rising to the Occasion research that one of the qualities voters factor into a woman candidate’s electability is her ability to handle a crisis. Our just-released research, Putting Sexism in Its Place on the Campaign Trail, adds another dimension to the question of electability: how …