Women won a record number of races in the November 2018 midterm elections and now hold 102 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which tracks women's representation in national legislatures, the U.S. now ranks 77th in the world for women in politics; in 1998, the U.S. ranked 60th. The U.S. ranks further behind the rest of the world than it did 20 years ago - even with significant gains for women - because other nations have adopted recruitment practices and voting systems that create more opportunities for women to run, win, serve, and lead.
Report: Why Rules and Systems Matter Lessons from Around the World
Resource:Report
Author:Cynthia Richie Terrell
Author:Courtney Lamendola
Author:Antoinette Gingerelli
Author:Jiakun Li
Topic: International Women
Topic: Gender Quotas
Topic: Level - National
Topic: Branch - Legislative
Topic: Proportional Representation
Topic: Women WIN
Topic: Women RUN