The baby boomer generation of women is now outnumbered by the vitally important millennial women voter
Women Voting Rights articles on Democracy Chronicles
Women in the 21st century have a larger political role to play if they continue to identify and dismantle the barriers in the way of their political equality. As over half the population of the planet is female, ensuring women voting rights is key for any democracy. The Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote across the United States was ratified in 1920 but government elections are still dominated by men. Also see our articles on Feminism, Minority Voting Rights or LGBT voting.
The TRUMP Ceiling: What’s at Stake For Women Voters
The first presidential debate for the 2016 election revealed the systemic misogynistic undertones that continue to infiltrate the workplaces and lives of women within the American democracy
Political Debate Questions About Women Have Been Rare
It seems only one percent of the primary’s political debate questions were about women’s issues
Bill Protecting Pakistani Women Voters Moves Forward
Gender-based segregation at voting booths among measures in bill to encourage more Pakistani women voters
South Sudanese Women Remain the Key to Building Peace
Ongoing and systematic repression of the majority of South Sudanese women is a major barrier to ending conflict
First Ever Hasidic Woman Elected as NY Civil Court Judge
Brooklyn’s Rachel “Ruchie” Freier has become the first ever Hasidic woman elected to the position
How to Boost the Political Power of Nigerian Women
One local thinks there is a great opportunity for Nigerian women to take part in government
Study Examines the Depth of Hollywood Inequality
Questions on the extent of Hollywood inequality behind and in front of the screen launched this study
Honoring Leader of the 1956 Women’s March in South Africa
South African democracy owes a great debt to the only surviving leader of the 1956 Women’s March
How America’s Women Suffragettes Won Their Vote
Divisions and setbacks were often the hallmark of the struggle of women suffragettes for 19th Amendment