Gender & Leadership

One hundred years after Jeannette Rankin became the first female member of the U.S. Congress, women remain underrepresented in political and business leadership.

Female police officers sometimes differ sharply from male officers in their views of policing and their experiences.

Men and women who support Clinton differ in their views about the Democratic candidate and her candidacy to become the first female U.S. president.

Over 4,600 U.S. ambassadors have served in foreign countries since the founding of the nation – and only 9% of them have been women.

For the first time in history, a woman is the leading candidate for the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party. As Democrat Hillary Clinton wages her campaign to be the first female chief executive, what do Americans have to say in general about the prospects and qualifications of female candidates for high political […]

We looked at nine major religious organizations in the U.S. that both ordain women and allow them to hold top leadership slots.

For women, postgraduate education and motherhood are increasingly going hand-in-hand. Not only are highly-educated women more likely to have kids, they are also having bigger families than in the past.

Women now make up 20% of Congress, a record high. But women have more representation in most countries' national legislatures.