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Our Media page brings together all the ways our work is shaping public dialogue on women's political representation, from Weekend Reading blogs and webinars to news coverage, op-eds, videos, and podcasts. These resources highlight why systems reforms like ranked choice voting, proportional representation, and institutional supports matter, and how they create opportunities for more women to run, win, serve, and lead.
Explore below to see how our research and partnerships are helping change the story of democracy in the United States and beyond.
Our Media page brings together all the ways our work is shaping public dialogue on women's political representation, from Weekend Reading blogs and webinars to news coverage, op-eds, videos, and podcasts. These resources highlight why systems reforms like ranked choice voting, proportional representation, and institutional supports matter, and how they create opportunities for more women to run, win, serve, and lead.
Explore below to see how our research and partnerships are helping change the story of democracy in the United States and beyond.
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Apr 18, 2025
2025
Gen Z Women Candidates, Illinois Congress, Arizona Special Election, Women's Electability, Battleground Races, SAVE Act, Married Women Voters, Voter ID, House Republican Leadership, Iowa Governor, North Carolina Supreme Court, Congressional Women's Caucus, Mental Health Politicians, Arkansas Gender Quotas, State Boards, Albania Women Elections, Japan Online Harassment, Women Politicians Threats, Servant Leadership, Voting Rights, RepresentWomen, Gender Parity, Women's Representation, Democracy Reform, Election Reform, Women Candidates, 2025 Elections, 2026 Elections, FairVote, Her Bold Move
Kat Abughazaleh, Deja Foxx, Elise Stefanik, Lisa McClain, Katherine Clark, Kim Reynolds, Allison Riggs, Jefferson Griffin, Yadira Caraveo, Adam Grant, Lani Guinier, Cynthia Richie Terrell, Gwen Moore
Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of April 18, 2025
Apr 18, 2025
This week's roundup also covers the SAVE Act's threat to married women voters, Elise Stefanik's return to House leadership, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds' surprise retirement announcement, and the ongoing fight to protect Justice Allison Riggs' North Carolina Supreme Court victory.
Apr 11, 2025
2025
Pink Tax, Pink Tariffs, Women Economy, Tariffs Impact Women, St. Louis Mayor, Women Mayors, Virginia Governor, First Black Woman Governor, Ranked Choice Voting, RCV, New York City Mayor, Proxy Voting, Australia Elections, Teal Independents, Climate 200, IPU Women Parliament, Council on Foreign Relations, Women's Power Index, Colmena Fund, Gender Parity Stalled, Close the Gap California, CAWP, RepresentWomen, Gender Parity Index, Democracy Reform, Election Reform, Women Candidates, Women's Representation, 2025 Elections, Iceland Gender Parity, Mexico Women President, Approval Voting, Expand Democracy, Women's Congressional Policy Institute
Cara Spencer, Tishaura Jones, Abigail Spanberger, Winsome Earle-Sears, Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, Anna Paulina Luna, Brittany Pettersen, Kate Chaney, Dolores Huerta, Cynthia Richie Terrell
Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of April 11, 2025
Apr 11, 2025
As Trump's tariffs hit women hardest through the 'pink tax,' we examine how economic uncertainty creates additional barriers for women running for office. This week's roundup covers Virginia's historic all-women gubernatorial race, three sobering global reports showing women's political progress stalling worldwide, and more.
Apr 4, 2025
2025
Remember the Ladies, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Women Judges, Proxy Voting, Discharge Petition, Trump Voting Executive Order, Married Women Voters, Voter ID, Republican Women's Caucus, New Hampshire Legislature, Gender Parity, Citizen Legislature, Ranked Choice Voting, RCV, FairVote Illinois, Canada Election, Minister for Women Gender Equality, WAGE, Women's Representation Canada, Little Women, RepresentWomen, Gender Parity Index, Women's Representation, Democracy Reform, Election Reform, Women Candidates, 2025 Elections, Wisconsin Women Justices, Brennan Center, Proxy Voting Congress, New Parents Act, Women in Judiciary, Expand Democracy
Abigail Adams, Susan Crawford, Elon Musk, Anna Paulina Luna, Brittany Pettersen, Mike Johnson, Kat Cammack, Virginia Foxx, Ann Tennes, Mark Carney, Justin Trudeau, Louisa May Alcott, Jeannette Rankin, Sojourner Truth, Maya Angelou, Cynthia Richie Terrell
Skokie, Illinois
Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of April 4, 2025
Apr 4, 2025
On the anniversary of Abigail Adams' famous plea to 'Remember the Ladies,' RepresentWomen covers Susan Crawford's landmark Wisconsin Supreme Court victory, a bipartisan fight for proxy voting in Congress, and ranked choice voting's latest win in Skokie, Illinois.
Mar 28, 2025
2025
Woman President
Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico
Videos
Video: Women, Democracy, and Insights from Mexican Elections: Part 2
Mar 28, 2025
This interview is part two of our series exploring women’s representation in Mexico and Claudia Sheinbaum’s historic tenure as the first woman president of Mexico. Part one of this series was filmed shortly after President Sheinbaum was elected, back in July 2024.
Mar 28, 2025
2025
Mexico First Woman President, Women's Political Representation Mexico, Gender Parity Mexico, Parity in Everything, RepresentWomen, Royal Holloway University of London, Trump Whisperer, U.S.-Mexico Relations, Women in Politics, Feminist Policy, Gender Parity Laws, North America Women's Representation, Mexico Constitutional Reform, Women's Leadership, Democracy Reform, Gender Double Standards, Women Heads of State, International Representation, North America Country Brief, Judicial Reform Mexico, Women's Representation Series
Claudia Sheinbaum, Jennifer Piscopo, Georgina de la Fuente, Courtney Lamendola, Fatma Tawfik, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Donald Trump
Canada, Mexico, United States
Webinars
Women in Power in Mexico: Sheinbaum’s Agenda, Parity “In Everything,” and What’s Next
Mar 28, 2025
RepresentWomen's research team sits down with experts Jennifer Piscopo and Georgina de la Fuente to assess Claudia Sheinbaum's first months as Mexico's first woman president — from her diplomatic handling of U.S.-Mexico tensions to persistent gendered double standards in media coverage.
Mar 25, 2025
2025
Congress, Democracy Solutions Summit
Op-Eds
Article: While Trump Sows Division, Women Leaders Chart a Path Forward for Democracy
Mar 25, 2025
This article by RepresentWomen's Ria Deshmukh and Arianna Conte details how women leaders at RepresentWomen's Democracy Solutions Summit presented actionable strategies for a more inclusive democracy. It was published by Ms. magazine on March 25, 2025.
Mar 21, 2025
2025
Veterans for All Voters, New Politics, RepresentWomen, Mormon Women for Ethical Government, MWEG, FairVote, Ranked Choice Voting, RCV, Women Veterans, Military Spouses, Veteran Candidates, Women's Representation, Democracy Reform, Election Reform, Civic Leadership, Candidate Recruitment, Nonpartisan Reform, Service-to-Civic Pipeline, Women in Politics, Faith Communities, Ethical Government, Coalition Building, Women's Leadership, Political Participation, Voter Empowerment, 2025, All-Hands Call
Cynthia Richie Terrell, Alicia Washkevich, Erika Justis Blas
Videos
Women, Veterans, and Democracy Reform with Veterans for All Voters
Mar 21, 2025
Cynthia Richie Terrell joins Veterans for All Voters' March All-Hands Call alongside women-led, veteran-led, and military spouse-led voices to explore how ranked choice voting and nonpartisan civic engagement can strengthen democracy and elevate women's representation.
Mar 21, 2025
2025
Democracy Solutions Summit, Equal Rights Amendment, ERA, Women's Rights Global Rollback, UN Women Report, Commission on the Status of Women, CSW, Authoritarian Regimes, Gender Equality, India Gender Quotas, Pradhan Pati, Panchayat, Ranked Choice Voting, RCV, Boston Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote, YouGov Poll, Greenland Election, Proportional Representation, Native American Women, Gender Ideology, Executive Order 14168, Women Coaches, RepresentWomen, Women's Power Collaborative, MomsRising, Democracy Reform, Election Reform, Women's Representation, Gender Parity, 2025 Elections, Spring, Daffodils, Women in Parliament, Brennan Center, State Voting Rights Acts
Ruthzee Louijeune, Michelle Wu, Maura Healey, Deb Haaland, Judith Butler, Mikaela Shiffrin, Cynthia Richie Terrell, Tamaya Dennard, Vanessa Gibson
Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of March 21, 2025
Mar 21, 2025
As spring arrives, RepresentWomen shares recordings from the 2025 Democracy Solutions Summit and marks the anniversary of the Equal Rights Amendment — while highlighting alarming global rollbacks on women's rights and a new UN report linking democratic erosion to attacks on gender equality.
Mar 14, 2025
2025
Democracy Solutions Summit 2025, Women in Congress, Bipartisan Women's Leadership, Election Security, Election Administration, Women Election Officials, Childcare Democracy, Paid Family Leave, Fair Representation Act, Proportional Ranked Choice Voting, RCV, Vote Mama, MomsRising, Paid Leave for All, FairVote, Rank the Vote, Running Start, Republican Women for Progress, Democracy Fund, RepresentWomen, Women's Representation, Democracy Reform, Election Reform, Gender Parity, Women Candidates, Structural Barriers, Mothers in Politics
Reina Shah, Amber McReynolds, Kate Conley, Liuba Grechen Shirley, Jennifer McClellan, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Dawn Huckelbridge, Cynthia Richie Terrell, Meredith Sumpter, Eileen Reavey, Suzanne Wofford, Chrissy Houlahan, Betsy Wright Hawkins, Jennifer Pierotti Lim, Winnie Chen
Webinars
2025 Democracy Solutions Summit, Day 3: Building Women’s Political Power in Congress
Mar 14, 2025
The final day of RepresentWomen's 2025 Democracy Solutions Summit brought together bipartisan experts to tackle the most pressing barriers keeping women from running, winning, serving, and leading in Congress — from unaffordable childcare and lack of paid leave to outdated electoral systems.
Mar 14, 2025
2025
Democracy Solutions Summit 2025, Local Government Women, Women in Local Office, Ranked Choice Voting, RCV, Women Candidates, Vote Run Lead, RepresentWomen, Maine Politics, Oregon Politics, Utah Politics, New Mexico Politics, Portland RCV, Alaska Democracy, New York Grassroots, Women Elected Officials, Candidate Pipelines, Winner-Take-All Voting, Gender Balance, Democracy Reform, Election Reform, Women's Representation, Gender Parity, Structural Barriers, Women of Color Candidates, Negative Campaigning, Proportional Representation, Local Office Pathway, Community Leadership, 2025 Elections
Erin Vilardi, Cynthia Richie Terrell, Liana Cassar, Victoria Pelletier, Tamaya Dennard
Webinars
2025 Democracy Solutions Summit, Day 1: Exploring Local Solutions
Mar 14, 2025
Day One of RepresentWomen's 2025 Democracy Solutions Summit explored how local government serves as a laboratory for democracy, with former elected officials sharing how women's lived experiences are essential to effective leadership.
Mar 14, 2025
2025
Democracy Solutions Summit 2025, State Level Democracy Reform, Women Experts, Ranked Choice Voting, RCV, State Voting Rights Acts, Gender Parity Index, Women's Power Collaborative, North America Country Brief, FairVote Minnesota, Legal Defense Fund, Center for American Progress, Promote the Vote Michigan, Vote Mama, Future Caucus, Gender Parity, Proxy Voting, Childcare Policy, Fair Legislative Pay, Online Harassment, Women of Color, Mexico Gender Quotas, Canada Women's Representation, RepresentWomen, Democracy Reform, Election Reform, Women's Representation, 2025 Elections
Stacey Abrams, Tamaya Dennard, Alissa Bombardier Shaw, Victoria Pelletier, Fatma Tawfik, Celinda Lake, Candace Baptiste, Rebecca Mire, Erica Peresman, Jeanne Massey, Christina Henderson, Michelle Spark, Katie Fahey, Michelle Whittaker, Sarah Hague, Lila Stein, Marvelous Mwansa, Cynthia Richie Terrell
Webinars
2025 Democracy Solutions Summit, Day 2: Effective State-Level Solutions
Mar 14, 2025
Day Two of RepresentWomen's 2025 Democracy Solutions Summit featured keynote speaker Stacey Abrams and an all-women expert lineup making the case that lasting democracy starts at the state level through solutions such as, ranked choice voting to fair legislative pay and childcare policies.
Mar 7, 2025
2025
RepresentWomen, North America Country Brief, Mexico Gender Quotas, Proportional Representation, Ranked Choice Voting, RCV, Democracy Solutions Summit 2025, Vote Run Lead, Germany Elections, Women in Parliament, Gender Gap, AfD, Canada Liberal Party, Arlington Virginia RCV, FairVote, 2025 RCV Elections, Oakland Mayor, New Jersey Governor, Virginia Governor, Minnesota Senate, Denmark Prime Minister, State Constitution Gender Language, Hollywood Gender Parity, Wicked, Gender Parity, Women's Representation, Democracy Reform, Election Reform, Women Candidates, 2025 Elections, 2026 Elections, What the Constitution Means to Me, Female Body Politic Podcast
Erin Vilardi, Stacey Abrams, Chrystia Freeland, Justin Trudeau, Mark Carney, Mikie Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger, Winsome Earle-Sears, Peggy Flanagan, Jeanne Shaheen, Mette Frederiksen, Cynthia Richie Terrell, Michelle Whittaker, Talisha Searcy, Jeannette Rankin, Lorissa Rinehart
Skokie, Illinois
Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of February 28, 2025
Mar 7, 2025
RepresentWomen releases a new brief showing how Mexico's proportional voting system and gender quotas have delivered 50% women in Congress — a blueprint the U.S. and Canada have yet to follow — while previewing the 2025 Democracy Solutions Summit.
Mar 7, 2025
2025
Beijing Declaration, UN Women, Gender Equality, Women's Rights Backlash, IPU Women Parliament, New York City Mayor, Ranked Choice Voting, RCV, New Hampshire Senate, 2026 Elections, Women Senators, SAVE Act, Married Women Voters, Voter Disenfranchisement, FairVote, Black Women Senate, Virginia Governor, Democracy Reform, Fair Representation Act, International IDEA, Democracy for All, Hyper-Masculinity Global Conflict, Women Peace Negotiations, Washington Post, Rank the Vote, RepresentWomen, Democracy Solutions Summit, Gender Parity Index, Women's Representation, Election Reform, Gender Parity, Women Candidates, 2025 Elections, Republican Women for Progress
Adrienne Adams, Jeanne Shaheen, Angela Alsobrooks, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Janelle Bynum, Patty Kim, Ruth Marcus, Eileen Reavey, Meredith Sumpter, Cynthia Richie Terrell, Simone Biles, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Janet Reno, Winsome Earle-Sears
Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of March 7, 2025
Mar 7, 2025
On the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, a new UN report reveals one in four countries saw backlash on women's rights in 2024 — a sobering backdrop as RepresentWomen wraps up its Democracy Solutions Summit and looks ahead to 2026.
Feb 27, 2025
2025
Female Body Politic podcast, Lorissa Rinehart, Cynthia Richie Terrell, RepresentWomen, FairVote, ranked choice voting, RCV, electoral reform, gerrymandering, women's representation, Jeannette Rankin, democracy reform, women in politics, gender parity, election reform, representative democracy, women candidates, proportional representation, voting systems, Washington DC policy, generational impact award, democracy solutions, women's political power, systemic reform, voter power
Podcasts
More Democracy: Cynthia Richie Terrell on The Female Body Politic
Feb 27, 2025
Democracy is sick, but is there a cure? RepresentWomen’s Cynthia Richie Terrell joins The Female Body Politic to diagnose America’s democratic fractures and prescribe powerful reforms, from electing more women to systemic change.
Feb 16, 2025
2025
Ms. Magazine, Presidents' Day, Women and the Presidency
Op-Eds
Op-ed: Presidents’ Day and the Legacy of Exclusion: Why Women Still Struggle for the Oval Office
Feb 16, 2025
This article by RepresentWomen, Presidents’ Day and the Legacy of Exclusion: Why Women Still Struggle for the Oval Office, was published in Ms. magazine in February 2025. It highlights how the American presidency remains trapped in legacies of masculinity.
Feb 14, 2025
2025
Galentine's Day, Female Friendship, Women in Public Service, Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation, Women's Community, Women Inspiring Women, RepresentWomen, Women's Representation, Democracy Reform, Self-Love, Feminist Resistance, Ms. Magazine, Women in Democracy, Women Supporting Women, Women's Leadership, Gender Parity, Valentine's Day, Women's Empowerment, Women in Politics, Women Mentors, Women Role Models, Sisterhood, Women's History
Cynthia Richie Terrell, Katie Usalis, Courtney Lamendola, Marvelous Maeze, Ria Deshmukh, Arianna Conte, Ashley Thurston, Steph Scaglia, Rosa Parks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of February 14, 2025
Feb 14, 2025
This Galentine's Day, the RepresentWomen team celebrates the power of female friendship and the women who inspire them — from grandmothers and mothers to colleagues and mentors. In the spirit of Leslie Knope and Parks and Recreation, the team reflects on how strong communities of women are essential not just in daily life, but in the fight for a more representative democracy.