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She Should Run on Women’s eNews
Happy Friday! Our very own Julie Daniels, who manages our award-winning She Should Run program has written a post for the fabulous Women’s eNews. Check it out!
This month, we’re asking people to help us ask 500 women to run for office. We’ve already reached 250 - help us reach our goal!
Why do we need more women? One reason Julie cites in her article:
We have found that female legislators are 50 percent more likely than their male counterparts to pull people together, get people involved and build issue-based coalitions. Fifty-nine percent of committees chaired by women–versus 48 percent for male-chaired committees–are rated above average for inclusivity and power-sharing.
Only 10% of women think about running for office, compared to 20% of men. Also, women tend to run for office because someone they respect asks them - but they aren’t asked as much as men. And we wonder why only 17% of Congress is women?
Step up, folks - ask a woman YOU know to run for office. It doesn’t even have to be in the next five years…but get her thinking about it NOW.
