Greater representation of women in political leadership is linked to numerous societal benefits, including reduced corruption, warfare, human rights violations, and CO2 emissions. It also correlates with improved public service delivery, increased funding for vulnerable communities, and enhanced overall societal well-being.
Research has found that when a government mirrors the population it serves, local, state, and national entities better represent the population in decision-making processes. —Representative Bureaucracy: Assessing the Evidence on Active Representation
AI’s its full potential can only be realized if the technology represents the diversity of the populations it represents
Women’s representation increases political stability and peace
Women are excluded from political processes, to the detriment of society. —Fadzayi Mahere, Zimbabwe high court advocate + spokesperson for Citizens’ Coalition for Change
Emilia Schneider is part of the new generation of young people who come to the Chilean democratic institutions from social movements. She is a member of the Frente Amplio coalition of President Gabriel Boric
Women are improving people’s lives everywhere. They defend human rights, fight corruption and protect the environment, often at great personal risk.
“When you don't see yourself in a place you're afraid to be yourself in a place.”
President Joe Biden’s campaign promise illustrates how much Democrats rely on Black women, and their increasing power in government
Her accomplishment — which followed a particularly contentious nomination process — is being celebrated by government officials and human rights activists as a defining moment for the country and its male-dominated judiciary.
Xiomara Castro has pledged to focus on poverty, women’s rights, and migration.
In Mexico, half of Congress is now female and seven of the country's 32 governors are women. This is partly due to changing attitudes but also to federally mandated gender equality laws.
Fourteen of Chile’s 24 new cabinet ministers are women, and several are former student protest leaders.
So long as the U.S. Senate agrees with President Joe Biden, women will soon form the majority of the Federal Reserve’s seven-member board for the first time in its 108-year history
Local governments with a female leader adopted 29.2% more community energy policies than communities with male leaders. Binghamton University and State University of New York Stu, 2021.dy
Women are agents of change in their families, communities and countries. Increasing the voice and participation of women in politics is essential for advancing issues of importance to women on national agendas, with benefits for both women and men — Investing in women and girls, OECD
One of the most, if not the most powerful women in the world—is a feminist.
“The mountain of evidence keeps growing. Women leaders outperform. Especially during a crisis.” —Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes Contributor
“I don’t think men or women have a particular trump card over others but I think it’s important courts reflect society,.”
Nations with greater female representation in positions of power have smaller climate footprints —Christiana Figueres + Tom Rivett-Carnac, The Future We Choose
In a recent pew poll of perceived leadership qualities—women scored higher than men on 9 out of ten political leadership qualities—and 9 out of 12 business leadership qualities. —PEW Research Survey (2018)
