Glenn College Power Programs Aim to Promote Female Representation

The article published in the Lantern introduced the Glenn College Power Programs, a group of professional training programs tailored for women who want to run for office, citing its aim to close the gender gap, as indicated by RepresentWomen's Gender Parity Index. Read an excerpt below:

More than a century after women earned the right to vote, political representation for them remains unbalanced.

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According to RepresentWomen's Gender Parity Index, the 168 million women in the United States only make up about 30 percent of all elected positions.
Some at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs are working to close that gap - given that Ohio's index is one of the lowest in the country - through their POWER Programs, a group of professional trainings tailored for women who want to run for public office and advocate for causes that matter to them through a variety of different avenues related to public service.

Read the full article here.

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