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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.
Weekend Reading
Jul 31, 2026

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation for the Week of July 31, 2026

In this week’s Weekend Reading, we look back ten years to when Hillary Clinton made history by becoming the first woman to land a major party’s presidential nomination. Eight years later, Kamala Harris became the second. Yet women still haven’t walked through the door to the highest office. Together, we follow what happened nationwide to scrutinize the barriers holding women’s political power.
Op-Eds
Jul 1, 2026

The Ranked Ballot Is the Pro-Women, Pro-Voter, Pro-Democracy Reform America Needs

Weekend Reading
Jun 26, 2026

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation for the Week of June 26, 2026

Weekend Reading
Jun 12, 2026

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of June 12, 2026

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Weekend Reading on Women's Representation for the Week of July 31, 2026

July 31, 2026
In this week’s Weekend Reading, we look back ten years to when Hillary Clinton made history by becoming the first woman to land a major party’s presidential nomination. Eight years later, Kamala Harris became the second. Yet women still haven’t walked through the door to the highest office. Together, we follow what happened nationwide to scrutinize the barriers holding women’s political power.
2026
Op-Eds

The Ranked Ballot Is the Pro-Women, Pro-Voter, Pro-Democracy Reform America Needs

July 1, 2026
As part of Ms. magazine's Feminist 250 series, Cynthia Richie Terrell writes on the Feminist Future, noting that the ranked ballot is the pro-women, pro-voter, pro-democracy reform America needs.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation for the Week of June 26, 2026

June 26, 2026
This week, we mark the 54th anniversary of Title IX, a milestone that reminds us representation has never been a question of women trying harder. It has always been a question of whether we are willing to build the systems, the rules, and the pathways that finally let the talent we already have come through.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of June 12, 2026

June 12, 2026
Primary season is underway, and the data is already telling a story about where women stand. This week, we dig into what's working, what isn't, and what's at stake as the rules of our democracy continue to be rewritten.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation June 5, 2026

June 5, 2026
This week's edition covers the anniversary of the 19th Amendment's passing in the Senate, the state of the primaries, international women's news, and more.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation May 29, 2026

May 29, 2026
From the Bahamas to Colombia, this month's elections tell a story about what's possible when the rules change for women.
2026
Democracy in Action

RepresentWomen Statement on Louisiana v. Callais

April 29, 2026
Today's Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is a serious setback for voting rights, and for the women whose representation depended on the structural protections it has now weakened.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation April 24, 2026

April 24, 2026
From Seattle salons to city halls across the country, women are building the movement for a more representative democracy. From Analilia Mejia's landslide win to the women redesigning cities in Montreal, Barcelona, and Paris, this week's reading is full of proof that when women lead, everyone benefits.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation April 17, 2026

April 17, 2026
Representation without power is not enough. In our first dedicated international edition, we travel from Pakistan to Namibia to Peru to make the case for why changing the rules is the only path to changing the outcomes, and look to lessons from the world to reach these goals faster.
2026
Weekend Reading

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation April 9, 2026

April 10, 2026
This week's Weekend Reading, written by RepresentWomen's Communications Director, Alana Persson, is dedicated to RepresentWomen founder Cynthia Richie Terrell on her birthday. She has spent four decades asking who is missing from the table and changing the rules until there is room for them.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of April 3, 2026

April 3, 2026
On the 109th anniversary of Jeanette Rankin's swearing-in as the first woman ever elected to Congress — four years before most American women could even vote — we reflect on what her legacy teaches us about this moment: that the rules of democracy are not fixed facts, but deliberate choices, and that different choices yield a more inclusive, representative, and peaceful world.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of March 27, 2026

March 27, 2026
As Women's History Month draws to a close, this week's edition captures both the weight of how far we still have to go and the momentum building nationwide — from a Democrat flipping Trump's backyard in Florida to ranked choice voting advancing in Los Angeles.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of March 20, 2026

March 20, 2026
As Women's History Month draws to a close, this edition traces the arc from suffragists who fought to be remembered to the women making history right now — from Illinois to New Hampshire to the halls of Congress. At a moment when women's political power is under renewed threat globally, the wins and the warnings in this week's reading have never felt more connected.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of March 13, 2026

March 13, 2026
Women's political power has never been accidental — it has been built through generations of organizing, reform, and determined leadership. This week's edition, anchored by RepresentWomen's 2026 Democracy Solutions Summit, makes the case for why designing better systems is the only path forward.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of March 6, 2026

March 6, 2026
With the Democracy Solutions Summit just around the corner, this edition looks at the primary season's mixed results for women, Trump's overwhelmingly male endorsements, and the growing momentum behind ranked choice voting in Los Angeles and beyond.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of February 27, 2026

February 27, 2026
From the SAVE Act's quiet assault on women voters to the record-breaking performances of American women Olympians, this edition — anchored by a preview of RepresentWomen's 2026 Democracy Solutions Summit — makes the case that the rules we design determine the outcomes we get.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of February 20, 2026

February 20, 2026
Democracy is not symbolic — it is structural. This Black History Month edition, anchored by the legacy of Dorothy Height and Shirley Chisholm, examines the systems shaping who holds power in America and what it will take to make representation durable rather than exceptional.
2026
Weekend Reading
Promotional graphic for RepresentWomen's Weekend Reading on Women's Representation newsletter, written by Executive Director Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of February 13, 2026

February 13, 2026
This was the week the work stopped feeling theoretical. As the House passed the SAVE Act — a bill that would place outsized burdens on women voters — RepresentWomen convened a national conversation on what voter access really means, and who pays the price when participation becomes more difficult.
2026