Building women’s political power will take more than just seat gains. A 21st century democracy requires system reforms to ensure women can run, win, serve and lead.
this week about the prospective impact on increases in representation for women and men of color in the 118th Congress.
“I found that generally, the more something is directly connected to policy consequences for women, so when we think of things like women’s rights issues, that the women in Congress were more engaged, they were more involved,” Swers has said in an interview with the American Enterprise Institute. Women have been at the forefront of pushing policies focused on paid family leave, sexual misconduct in the military, paycheck fairness, abortion rights, and maternal mortality.
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