Last night was the first night there has ever been more than one woman on the presidential debate stage. A gender barrier was broken, but that doesn’t mean gender dynamics weren’t at play. The Barbara Lee Family Foundation has studied the obstacles and opportunities women face when running for office for the past 20 …

  Ahead of the first Democratic debates of the 2020 presidential race, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced that it will require each debate to include at least one female moderator. The DNC said the policy was intended to make the debate process as diverse and inclusive as possible, reflective of seeing a record number …

Marie Aberger, Founding Partner at Be Clear When viewers turn on a local TV political show, they’re twice as likely to hear a man’s views as they are a woman’s views. In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to secure a major party Presidential nomination. In the 2018 midterm elections, more women were elected …

The historic number of women elected in the fall has left women voters feeling energized and hopeful that these new representatives will begin to make progress on the issues that matter to them.

Keys to Elected Office offers the most direct, must-know advice BLFF has gleaned for women elected officials and candidates, and this 20th Anniversary Edition is a new, concise look at what it takes for a woman to run and succeed.

To celebrate pride month, we’re highlighting some of the amazing people who paved the way for LGBTQIA+ representation in American politics: Kathy Kozachenko First openly gay candidate to run successfully for political office in the United States, 1974 Elaine Noble First openly gay candidate elected to a state legislature, 1974 Harvey Milk One of the …

  Resources from Gender on the Ballot, the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, and the Women & Politics Institute at American University include must-know research on women running for office, as well as original polling.

  There have been more than 170 Democratic and Republican presidential primary debates broadcast since the first radio debate in 1948; in that time, only five women have ever participated. On Wednesday and Thursday, in the first Democratic debate of the 2020 primary season, six women — Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts; Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; Kamala Harris …

  Recent research of the business sector indicates that when it comes to hiring for managerial positions, men are judged on their leadership potential while perspective female hires are evaluated far more on their actual job-related experience.  This, not surprisingly, has led some to ask whether we see the same thing happening as voters assess …