For Women In Politics, Hair Is Never Just Hair
19 Jul
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For Women In Politics, Hair Is Never Just Hair

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Politics tamfitronics The first woman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1932. Sixty have served since, and a quarter of the current chamber is now female. Women make up almost 30% of the House of Representatives. And from state legislatures to school boards, the stances and ideologies of women in elected office are varied. But their hair! Their hair has more reverence for tradition than the Daughters of the American Revolution. Their hair has been frozen in aerosol since the Reagen administration.In Washington D.C., the positions and opportunities available to women in elected office have expanded, but hair options remain slicked down and limited. Exceptions are so narrow as to be nameable: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s tight curls, former Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s fire-engine-red lob, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s natural texture, Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s...
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Women gradually rise in Japanese politics but face deep challenges
09 Jul
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Women gradually rise in Japanese politics but face deep challenges

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Politics tamfitronics TOKYO: Eight years ago, Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor. She won her third term as governor Sunday, and one of her closest rivals was a woman.Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan, which has a terrible global gender-equality ranking, but Koike’s win highlights a gradual rise in powerful female officials and a society more open to gender balance in politics. That said, even if a woman eventually becomes prime minister, politics here is still overwhelmingly dominated by men, and experts see a huge effort needed for equal representation.“There are growing expectations for women to play a greater role in politics,” said parliamentarian Chinami Nishimura, a senior official with the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. “In politics or...
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Women ‘changing the game’ in Mongolia’s patriarchal politics
27 Jun
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Women ‘changing the game’ in Mongolia’s patriarchal politics

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Politics tamfitronics "We are changing the game," says Dorjzodov Enkhtuya of the main opposition Democratic Party - Copyright AFP R.Satish BABUKhaliun BayartsogtWomen candidates are pushing for greater representation in Mongolia’s male-dominated politics, raising their voices for change and inspiring girls to follow in their footsteps.Mongolians go to the polls in parliamentary elections on Friday, with the ruling Mongolian People’s Party widely expected to retain a majority it has held for eight years.But for the first time in almost a decade, parties are required by law to ensure that 30 percent of their candidates are women, in a country where politics is overwhelmingly dominated by men.As a result, more women than ever before are running this year, in a new voting system that balances proportional lists with district candidates elected directly by the people.“The era we...
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For The Females Who Accused The Trump Marketing campaign Of Harassment, It’s Been Extra Harassment

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Top Stories Tamfitronics This text used to be originally printed at ProPublicaa Pulitzer Prize-a success investigative newsroom.Nearly eight years in the past, gratified that she’d been handled unfairly, Jessica Denson sued Donald Trump’s campaign for situation of job harassment.Then she learned the lengths Trump’s attorneys would droop to hit relieve — and their unwillingness to cease.Without extend, the campaign filed a counterclaim for $1.5 million. It obtained a $52,229 judgment, and the campaign iced up her bank chronicle and almost compelled her into bankruptcy.She learned it humiliating when the campaign attorneys branded her a “judgment debtor” in a subpoena. They monitored her Twitter chronicle, which had 32 followers, and submitted hundreds of pages of printouts...
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