Women Electing Women

Despite being a little more than half of the US population, women are woefully under-represented in powerful political places. Hosts Gina Brillon and Kimberly Brooks explore why women’s representation in state government matters and the possibilities, progress, and limits of having women at all levels of power, especially the ones that often get ignored.Visit TheStateofWomenpod.com for more information on the podcast and ways to take action in the fight for women's rights. At the heart of The State of: Women are stories that examine policies that enable gender equity or are barriers to it. Today, people are demanding a genuinely representational government. To support this, TSOWpod is uplifting organizations doing vital work to support civic engagement and women's political leadership. Check out Emerge America's Candidate Training, Supermajority's women-to-women organizing strategy, Dancing Hearts Consulting BIPOC power-building programs, and ShePersisted Digital Resilience Toolkit that supports women leaders' online resilience.“The State of: Women” is produced in collaboration with Population Media Center, Clamor, and Reasonable Volume. Episodes written by Elise Hu. Executive Producers are Gina Brillon, Kimberly Brooks, Lisa Caruso, Alex Demyanenko, Adam Reynolds, Allison Chesneau, Elise Hu, and Rachel Swaby. The series was created by Lisa Caruso & Alex Demyanenko.Producers are Erica Lowy and Maddie Zampanti. Associate Producers are Lillian Holman and Justin Cho. Editing by Maddie Zampanti and assistant edited by Justin Cho. Audio Engineer is Claire Reynolds. Research by Bethy Squires. Fact-checking by Carmel Dagan. Original cover art by Jazmine Johnson and Match Zimmerman.PMC’s Impact and Partnerships Strategist is Charity Tooze. PMC’s Manager of Creative Development is Dominica Ruelas. Additional special thanks to June Neely of PMC and Aaron Hilliard and Molly Cody of Clamor.