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Today at Ms. | October 24, 2023
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The Last Two Years Saw Record Wins for Women in Politics Worldwide. How Can Election Rules and Voting Systems Shape Opportunities for Women? [[link removed]]
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A march on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022, in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The year prior, Mexico achieved gender balance in parliament due to a gender quota law implemented several years back. (Artur Widak / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
BY NORA WEISS | While the U.S. is making slow progress toward political parity, other countries are making more significant gains over time.
This month, RepresentWomen released the Golden Year Analysis, which identified the factors influencing global progress toward gender parity in politics in 2021 and 2022. Of 85 countries that held elections in these years, 43 achieved a “golden year” by electing a record-high number of women to their national legislatures.
While this is certainly cause for celebration, gender-balanced governance remains far from reach for many countries, including the United States.
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President Biden Needlessly Trails Trump on Judicial Confirmations [[link removed]]
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President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris, introduces Ketanji Brown Jackson, his nominee for associate judge to the Supreme Court, on Feb. 25, 2022. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)
BY RAKIM H. D. BROOKS | It’s a bittersweet time to reflect on President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Schumer’s legacy for our federal courts.
On one hand, this administration and Senate majority are unrivaled in adding diversity to the federal bench. On the other hand, Biden and Schumer are now falling behind Trump and McConnell’s pace of confirmations.
Let’s confirm the president’s nominees and fill the vacancies where obstruction is impossible.
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How Women in Africa Are Working to End Hunger and Food Insecurity [[link removed]]
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Stella leveraged high-speed internet to expand and diversify her business. (Martin Kharumwa / The Hunger Project, What Took You So Long)
BY THE HUNGER PROJECT | Across Africa, women working with The Hunger Project are making incredible strides to end hunger.
From learning how to make a new dish to sell through YouTube, to growing a garden full of vegetables, women are at the forefront of a world where hunger no longer exists.
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On this week’s episode, we’re continuing our series unpacking the litigation and criminal charges that have been levied at former president Donald Trump: The Trump Indictments. But these indictments don’t just include former president Donald Trump—they also include co-conspirators. Who are they—and what do their cases mean for the case against Trump as a whole?
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