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Post-Soviet States: Learning from Women Amid a Battle for Democracy and Gender Equality
March 28, 2022
By Alisha Saxena and Kaycie Goral Originally published in Ms. Magazine, 3/21/2022 Thirty years ago, the world’s largest country dissolved: The Soviet Union broke apart into 15 new and independent states, leaving a region...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareInternational Women’s Day: Reflections on representation
March 28, 2022
By Katie Usalis Originally published in The Fulcrum, March 9th, 2022. March 8 was International Women’s Day, established by our foremothers in 1910 as a day for women to join together and fight for equal rights....
Read More 1 Reaction ShareComing to America: Exploring the underrepresentation of first-generation women in politics
March 28, 2022
By Alisha Saxena and Kaycie Goral Originally published in The Fulcrum, Sept 13, 2021 The American Immigration Council reported that roughly 44.7 million first-generation Americans lived in the United States earlier this year. Within...
Read More 2 Reactions Share'Bittersweet': Harris VP pick reminds some women the glass ceiling is still intact
August 20, 2020
By Lauren Egan WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris' place on the Democratic ticket represents another crack in the glass ceiling for many women, even as some say it serves to reinforce just how difficult it is...
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August 10, 2020
By Courtney Lamendola for The Fulcrum Over the last few years, more women have been running for office — and winning — than ever before. But women hold less than a quarter of all elected...
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