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13 Female House Challengers Carry the GOP Banner

By Sharon Johnson ● Health & Science ● January 22, 2014

They have starring roles in their party’s expansion strategy for both the House and the GOP’s own female ranks. Like male counterparts, they are focused on repealing the Affordable Care Act, rolling back gun control and lowering taxes.

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NARAL Celebrates Success of Its ‘StopKen’ Campaign

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● November 7, 2013

Women also won mayoral races in cities around the country–including New Haven, Houston and Albany–and Letitia James became public advocate in New York City. In New Jersey, Barbara Buono said her party had betrayed her.

Incumbency Test Looms Larger for Female Governors

By Sharon Johnson ● Politics ● October 16, 2013

The four women running for gubernatorial reelection are playing up their accomplishments like all incumbents. But on this remaining frontier of female political leadership this emphasis is considered particularly important. The second of two stories.

Female Governors Run in Tail Winds of ACA Votes

By Sharon Johnson ● Uncategorized ● October 9, 2013

The quartet of women running for gubernatorial reelection will be facing voter reaction to their decisions to accept or reject Medicaid expansion. First of two stories on Govs. Susana Martinez, Mary Fallin, Nikki Haley and Maggie Hassan.

2014 Elections in India Set Bait for Women’s Vote

By Sakuntala Narasimhan ● Uncategorized ● September 9, 2013

A brand-new grain subsidy ration card that requires women be listed as head of the household is one boon. One beleaguered woman said the food security it brings her could be a means of escaping an abusive husband.

Paris Mayoral Race Hosts an All-Female Field

By Hajer Naili ● Commentary ● August 16, 2013

But the City of Light shouldn’t be considered a national barometer in a country where few political parties nominate female candidates. “What is happening in Paris is the tree that hides the forest,” says the founder of a networking forum for women in politics.

GOP Places Big Wager on Anti-Abortion Vote in 2014

By Sharon Johnson ● Politics ● August 3, 2013

The GOP’s steady drumbeat of laws restricting abortion signals the party’s strategy to make an election issue out of a social issue that–unlike same-sex marriage –still finds Americans still deeply divided.

Iran’s Rohani Didn’t Beat a Single Female Rival

By Solmaz Sharif ● Commentary ● June 20, 2013

That’s because he didn’t face any. In this interview, Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi explains how Iranian women keep registering as presidential candidates to protest the Guardian Council’s decision to disqualify women for not meeting its definition of “rejal.”

Speculation Builds on Hillary Clinton for President

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● April 11, 2013

As the former secretary of state returned to public view to address women’s empowerment conferences, pollsters and pundits saw strong odds that she would win the nomination if she decides to run.

Tunisia Marks Belated First in Sheltering Women

By Camille Lafrance ● Commentary ● March 1, 2013

For the country that glows like a beacon of women’s progress in North Africa, the government’s first shelter for survivors of domestic violence finds it lagging far behind neighboring Morocco.