The Democracy Options Summit gives an area to confront biases that may maintain ladies again—each in how voters understand them and their management within the democracy reform house.
Each election cycle, we discover ourselves asking the identical questions: Why are so few ladies in workplace? How can we shut the illustration hole? And the way can we embrace extra ladies within the work to construct a stronger democracy? The Democracy Options Summit, hosted by RepresentWomen, gives a singular discussion board to deal with these challenges head-on. (Register right here!)
The information are stark: Girls maintain fewer than a 3rd of seats in Congress and state legislatures nationwide. This isn’t only a numbers situation; it’s a symptom of a system nonetheless stacked in opposition to ladies. Girls face distinctive obstacles from unconscious bias to structural boundaries when working for workplace.
Years in the past, on a Monday morning employees name, fueled by a frustration with a reform motion led largely by males and a surge of optimism, I mentioned, “Why not create our personal democracy summit?” It resonated with a profound sense of timeliness and a dedication to carve a brand new path in a system proof against progress. It was time ladies led the dialog on American democracy. Girls possess a wealth of experience and a singular understanding of the challenges we face within the political area. Our views on options warrant severe consideration as we try to construct a extra consultant democracy.
The Democracy Options Summit brings collectively ladies consultants, advocates and elected officers to share promising options. This isn’t about summary principle—it’s about actionable reforms and options that may break down boundaries and open doorways for ladies candidates and leaders throughout the political spectrum. This consists of implementing ranked-choice voting to empower extra numerous voices, supporting truthful election administration, and establishing public funding for campaigns to degree the enjoying area.
But it surely’s not nearly programs—it’s about altering mindsets.
The Democracy Options Summit gives an area to confront biases that may maintain ladies again—each in how voters understand them and their management within the democracy reform house. It’s about showcasing function fashions and fostering the sort of companions and allies community to assist extra ladies see themselves in positions of energy as thought leaders.
We created the Girls Consultants in Democracy Listing after the primary Democracy Options Summit to make it simple to seek out ladies consultants for panels, boards and occasions.
The advantages of larger illustration are plain. Research present that ladies in authorities carry completely different views to points like healthcare, training and financial justice—views that mirror the lived experiences of half the inhabitants. A extra consultant democracy is a extra responsive democracy.
I urge everybody who cares about the way forward for our nation to attend the Democracy Options Summit from 3 to five p.m. EST, March 5-7. This three-day digital occasion is free for all to attend. It’s greater than an occasion; it’s a possibility to be a part of the answer. By supporting ladies consultants and advocating for the reforms that can make a distinction, we will construct a democracy that actually represents us all.
Ranked-choice voting is the fastest-growing election reform within the nation and, with two statewide and a number of other municipal poll measures taking place this 12 months, 2024 is the most important 12 months but for ranked selection voting.
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Regardless of ladies breaking boundaries yearly because the starting of time, some nations, together with america, nonetheless have by no means had a lady head of state. Within the thick of primaries season with the final presidential election approaching, what an ideal time to ask ourselves why that’s and the way we will change that.
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Now greater than ever, individuals around the globe are difficult the established order and demanding a brand new method of governing that doesn’t contain binary decisions, zero-sum pondering and aggressive competitors. In celebration of Worldwide Girls’s Day, the third and closing day of the Democracy Options Summit is targeted on ladies’s management around the globe.
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