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April 8, 2022

Contact: Kaycie Goral 

To mark the release of their new Latin American Brief, RepresentWomen teamed up with Latinas Represent.

Takoma Park, MD - (April 8, 2022) RepresentWomen and Latinas Represent joined in collaboration for a fascinating webinar discussion this Thursday featuring Latin American studies experts Dr. Jennifer Piscopo, Author Magda Hinojosa, and RepresentWomen Research Associate Alisha Saxena. 

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March 7, 2022

Contact: Kaycie Goral 

A Democracy Summit like you’ve never seen before, RepresentWomen is hosting a one-of-a-kind, all-woman speaker Solutions Summit Tomorrow!

Takoma Park, MD - (March 7, 2022) Democracy summits are essential. Hearing from experts is critical. But there are a LOT of democracy summits happening out there. Why is RepresentWomen hosting yet another one?

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December 10, 2021 

Contact: Kaycie Goral

Only 55% of the Arab countries ensure women’s parity in their parliament through gender quotas and reserved seat quotas.

Takoma Park, MD - (December 10, 2021) RepresentWomen has released the latest installment in their international research series, “Women’s Representation: Global Practices & Systems Strategies” exploring what structural strategies are used to increase women’s representation in Arab states.

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November 15, 2021 

Contact: Kaycie Goral 

RepresentWomen Places within the top percentile of non-profits for transparency. 

Takoma Park, MD - (November 15, 2021) RepresentWomen is proud to announce they’ve earned a platinum ranking for transparency from Guidestar by Candid. 

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October 28, 2021 

Contact: Kaycie Goral

As of September 2021, no Post-Soviet Parliament has ever achieved Gender Balance, according to the first installment in RepresentWomen’s latest research series.

Takoma Park, MD - (October 28, 2021) Representwomen has released the first installment in their new research series, “Women’s Representation: Global Practices & Systems Strategies.”  Through this series, the team at RepresentWomen hopes to spotlight the systems-based strategies used around the world to improve women’s representation. RepresentWomen begins this series with their Post-Soviet States Brief. 

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September 15, 2021 

Contact: Kaycie Goral 

Despite making up 14% of the U.S. population, first-generation Americans, specifically 1st-gen women, are under-represented in government.

Takoma Park, MD - (September 15, 2021) Why are first-generation Americans, and precisely, first-generation women, so underrepresented in the federal government? RepresentWomen's latest report, "Exploring First-Generation Underrepresentation: How American Political Systems Impact Immigrant Women's Political Engagement," seeks to answer that question.

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August 23, 2021 

Contact: Kaycie Goral 

With no “A” ranking states, RepresentWomen’s 2021 Gender Parity Index (GPI) shows the fight for gender balance in our politics is far from over. 

Takoma Park, MD (August 23, 2021) - The Latest Gender Parity Index (GPI) from RepresentWomen finds the United States had little movement to close the political gender gap at every level of office.

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August 11, 2021 

Contact: Kaycie Goral

RepresentWomen's latest report answers the following question: “Why are Disabled women underrepresented in US politics?” 

Takoma Park, MD - (August 9, 2021) - RepresentWomen's Intersectional Disempowerment report identifies the structural barriers that prevent Disabled people from participating in US politics and discusses how we can improve elected representation for the Disabled community and specifically, Disabled women.

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July 6th 2021 

Contact: Kaycie Goral

Women likely to hold majority of NYC Council seats after impressive wins in NYC primary elections which confirm that jurisdictions with ranked choice voting elect more women to office.

Takoma Park, MD. (July 6, 2021) - RepresentWomen, a nonpartisan organization that researches the impacts of ranked choice voting (RCV) on women's representation, is celebrating the success of women candidates in the New York City primaries. 

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July 1st 2021 

Contact: Maura Reilly ,Kaycie Goral 

RepresentWomen would like to remind everyone that while these primaries were great for women’s representation, this was NOT the first Ranked Choice Election in New York City history.

Takoma Park, MD. ( July 1, 2021) - Today, as the New York City ranked choice primary continues, RepresentWomen has released an analysis of the history of women’s representation in NYC and an update on the impact of ranked choice voting on women’s representation in the NYC primaries.