Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voters hold clear and positive stereotypes of women politicians − while they don't think as positively about men in politics.

Women constitute 51% of the US population but only hold 21% of executive positions. Negative comments and sexism from figures like Donald Trump create a hostile environment for women in politics.

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Women politicians in Europe receive uncivil tweets regardless of how known they are—and women also receive more identity-based attacks than other politicians, reveals a new study in Politics & Gender.

I remember watching Barack Obama speak at a leadership event years ago, and something he said struck me: “I’m absolutely confident that for two years if women ran every nation on earth, you would see ...

“Unbossed and Unbowed,” a one-woman stage play dramatizing the life and political career of U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, is coming to Synchronicity Theatre from Oct. 31 through Nov. 4, just in ...