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Mayor of San Juan Carmen Yulín Cruz, Getty In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, rose to the national stage by repeatedly challenging the Trump...

                          Photo: Scott Heins/Getty All primary results from the New York Times. This Tuesday saw primaries in five states -- New York,...

#WomenToWatch is a series by RepresentWomen that documents rising women leaders and their stories. In our first installment of #WomenToWatch, we are highlighting the stories of three women who will be on the ballot...

Mayor Muriel Bowser at Town Danceboutique, Darrow Montgomery/Washington City Paper On Tuesday, June 19th, D.C. held primary elections for mayor, city council, and non-voting delegate to the U.S. House. In the reliably Democratic District,...

Members of the EU Women Caucus An April 2018 study titled “Women and corruption: What positions must they hold to make a difference?” found that corruption is lower in countries with more women in...

Image source- Gavel Gap While there has been much media coverage on gender disparity in the legislative branch, there is little attention being paid to the lack of representation of women and people of...

RepresentWomen was honored to recently welcome Rosana Schaack, member of the Liberian House of Representatives, to our offices. She shared her experiences working in a male-dominated government and the challenges she and other Liberian...

 Virginia Democrat Jennifer Wexton, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (left) and Sen. Tim Kaine(right) speaks at her 10th District primary night party in Sterling, Va., on Tuesday June 12th, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)  ...

By RepresentWomen intern Lindsay Richwine Four cities in the Bay Area—San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Leandro—have made the switch to an electoral system called Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). RCV is a voting system...

A recent bill was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives modifying the way that sexual harassment cases are handled on Capitol Hill. The proposed bill would change many of the procedures that are...