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A new Gender Parity Index report finds women in the CNMI, Guam, and across the U.S. still sharply underrepresented in local, state, and federal office.

The latest Gender Parity Index shows barely any national progress, ranking New Hampshire first and Mississippi last in women's political representation.

An advocacy group's Gender Parity Index reveals the U.S. Virgin Islands making only slow progress on electing women, mirroring nationwide stagnation.

A national gender-parity group hands Utah an 'F,' ranking it 46th of 50 states and among the many earning failing marks for electing so few women.

A study ranking Idaho among the nation's worst for electing women drew rare agreement across party lines that the state needs more women in office.

With no woman yet elected president, a new report finds only New Hampshire earns an 'A' for gender parity while most states lag far behind on equality.

A century after Jeannette Rankin entered Congress, fair voting rules remain key, as outdated systems still help keep women's representation stagnant.

A century after the first woman won a seat in Congress, progress toward parity has stalled, and reforming our voting rules is essential to electing more.

On the centennial of Jeannette Rankin's election, the question lingers: are antiquated voting rules quietly keeping women out of Congress even now?

Vote Run Lead and allied advocates work to unleash the power of women leaders, building the pipeline and support women need to run, win, and govern.

This Austin Chronicle article by Mary Tuma features RepresentWomen's Cynthia Richie Terrell and the Gender Parity Index.

With women still fewer than one in five members of Congress, the case grows that America must deliberately elect more women to govern effectively.

RepresentWomen founder Cynthia Terrell makes the case that fair voting rules and structural reform are the key to ending women's political underrepresentation.

This article in The Daily Mississippian by Taylor Bennett cites RepresentWomen's Cynthia Richie Terrell and the 2015 Gender Parity Index.

This Washington Post article by Ovetta Wiggins features RepresentWomen's 2015 Gender Parity Index.

Cynthia Richie Terrell talked about Representation 2020's report, The State of Women's Representation 2015-2016: A Blueprint for Reaching Gender Parity, which shows women are underrepresented in national, state, and local-level elected offices.

This 2014 Washington Post opinion piece by Reid Wilson cites RepresentWomen's Cynthia Richie Terrell.

This article by Steven Hill in The Nation features RepresentWomen's original Gender Parity Index.