RepresentWomen in the News

By Julia Hall Amidst the national debates amongst  the  presidential  candidates, a question outside of policy and quibbling has appeared: Are  women  being  represented sufficiently in elected offices?     With two prominent female presidential ...

By Aleanna Siacon Following the 2015 political elections, Michigan’s gender parity score dropped from 27.4 and a national rank of 8th to 25.8 at 11th place. 18 out of 50 states have gender parity...

By Sophia Gaines Female students of University of Cincinnati were encouraged to run for political office and student government and given the tools to do so at an Elect Her workshop Saturday. The workshop,...

In this year’s Representation2020 gender parity report, Alabama ranked 40th in the nation for equal gender representation in the government with an index score of 12.5. “I think when I hear that score, it’s...

By Lisa Olberding Kansas led the nation in the overall number of women elected to government offices in 1993, according a report by Representation 2020. Since then, the state’s rank has fallen to 24th...