Sentences with phrase «women running for political office»

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While 2018 has marked a watershed moment with regard to women running for elected office, we know that there is still much work to be done to ensure greater gender equity, including more opportunities for women to have many seats at the political and business leadership table.

The rise of female political donors parallels a similar surge in the number of women running for elective office and has prompted a change in campaign finance rules allowing candidates to use their political money for child care in some cases.

Clinton called for more women to run for political office and credited female leaders with keeping her «optimistic.»

«It's incredibly exciting for women of color to see her take this historic step,» said Juanita Scarlett, a political consultant who worked with Ms. James when she was an assistant attorney general running the Brooklyn regional office.

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When Hudson ran for office, Miner not only steered money to her campaign but accompanied her to Manhattan to meet state Democratic Party big shots at a luncheon hosted by Eleanor's Legacy, a women's political group.

The lone donation to Balter from a political action committee came from Off the Sidelines, a PAC launched by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to encourage women to run for public office.

Jenny is a Director of the Board and Vice President of the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee, a political action committee that trains and supports pro-choice Democratic women running for elected offices across New York State.

Further research needs to be done on why women are not more actively recruited to run for political office in addition to what can be done to correct the negative perceptions women have of their qualifications to run for office.

Political parties that represent the ultra-Orthodox sector actually ban women from running for office.