The Brennan Center for Justice's 2024 report highlights the escalating risks of violence encountered by elected officials, especially women. Women in state legislatures face significantly higher risks of sexual abuse and gender-targeted abuse.

Rutgers University's Center for Women in Politics examines the gender disparity in political donations and offers resources on fundraising challenges and opportunities for women candidates.

Persistent for 20 years, the gap in political candidacy arises from women receiving less encouragement and often perceiving themselves as less qualified. Nonetheless, their success rates when running are comparable to those of men. Addressing this gap is crucial for achieving political gender equity. Key insights include:

1. The University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University’s Center for Effective Lawmaking: Their report, “The Gender Gap in Political Ambition: Everything You Need to Know in 10 Charts” details critical aspects of this issue.

2. University of Virginia: The article “To Run or Not to Run? Not Enough Women Consider Political Office in the First Place,” explores the initial barriers to political entry for women.

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security's 2023 report entitled Exploring the Links between Women's Status and Democracy finds strong associations between empowering women and three pillars of resilient democracies: (1) election integrity, (2) freedom of association and assembly, and (3) checks on executive power.

In Fast Company, Leadership Now Senior Advisor Michelle Greene and co-authors explain why reproductive rights are an economic issues and how businesses play a key role in supporting employees and coming together as a cohort to address this vital concern.

Reproductive rights are an economic issue (November 4, 2024)

1. These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state (NPR, April 14, 2024)

2. Lessons From the Women Leading Today’s Fight for Voting Rights (Democracy Docket, March 14, 2024)

3. The ‘accidental’ politicians: Meet three women risking everything to fight for democracy (CNBC, March 4, 2024)

4. 6 Black queer women changing the face of American politics (LGTBQ Nation, February 15, 2024)

1. Vote Run Leadoffers insights into the obstacles women encounter when running for state office and provides actionable strategies for increasing women's electoral success.

2. How Men and Women Are Dividing on Politics (Newsweek, April 17, 2024)

3. Women and Caregivers Face Too Many Barriers Running for Office—Here’s How the ‘Help America Run’ Act Can Help(Ms. Magazine, April 4, 2024)

4. Nearly 30 percent of LGBTQ women candidates discouraged from running for office because of gender, gender identity: Report (The Hill, March 27, 2024)

5. Three quarters of women ‘not comfortable’ sharing political opinions online (Independent, March 20, 2024)

6. Female representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South (Boston Herald, March 13, 2024)

7. Represent Women's 2024 Gender Parity Index; A Weighted Measure of Women's Representation. (Represent Women, July 2024)

8. World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap 2024 Insight Report (WEF, June 2024)

1. South Carolina making progress to get more women in General Assembly and leadership roles (AP News, April 18, 2024)

2. What college basketball tells us about women and winning (The 19th, April 11, 2024)

3. More women are getting onto corporate boards. Good (The Economist, March 7, 2024)

4. For Women’s History Month, a look at gender gains – and gaps – in the U.S. (Pew Research Center, February 27, 2024)

The Abortion Fight Isn’t a ‘War on Women.’ It’s a War on Poor Women (TIME, April 15, 2024)

Partisanship by gender, sexual orientation, marital and parental status (Pew Research Center, April 9, 2024)

‘Righteous rage’: How female rage translates to political progress(MSNBC, Mach 10, 2024)

Political Linguistics: How Language Disadvantages Women (The Colgate Maroon-News, February 23, 2024)

Project 2025 Explainer (Red, Wine & Blue 2024)

Democratic women in U.S. Senate target Project 2025 on reproductive rights (Kansas Reflector - June 19, 2024)

Many Gen Z Feel Left Behind. Some See Trump as an Answer (New York Times - August 2024)

Abusing Women in Politics: How Instagram is failing women and public officials (Center for Countering Digital Hate - August 2024)

Exploring Young Women's Leftward Expansion (Gallup, September 12, 2024)