Author: Cynthia Richie Terrell

Cynthia Richie Terrell is the founder and executive director of RepresentWomen and a founding board member of the ReflectUS coalition of non-partisan women’s representation organizations. Terrell is an outspoken advocate for innovative rules and systems reforms to advance women’s representation and leadership in the United States. Terrell and her husband Rob Richie helped to found FairVote—a nonpartisan champion of electoral reforms that give voters greater choice, a stronger voice and a truly representative democracy. Terrell has worked on projects related to women's representation, voting system reform and democracy in the United States and abroad.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: ‘We Are Meeting Because We Are Prime Ministers,’ Jacinda Ardern Tells Reporter; Ukrainian Women Are Vital in Fight Against Russia

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes a male reporter shrink into a ball of shame; a new school is training women to fly drones—a key component to Ukraine’s resistance against Russian forces; an all-women referee trio for the first time at the World Cup;

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Colorado Elects Majority-Women Legislature; Karen Bass, LA’s First Woman Mayor

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: 2022 midterms will be a status quo election for women in Congress; federal candidates and political committees are projected to spend $8.9 billion this election cycle; Ruwa Romman, 29, makes history as the first Muslim woman elected to the Georgia House; Los Angeles, the second largest city in the U.S., has elected Representative Karen Bass to be its first-ever woman mayor; and more.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Likely Demographic Changes in the 118th Congress; Could Another Woman Replace Liz Truss?

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: likely demographic changes in the 118th Congress; firsthand stories from women in Minnesota politics on the barriers they experience as women candidates; could another woman replace Liz Truss? ;and more

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: What Girls and Young Women Think About Politics; Ranked-Choice Voting Works in Alaska

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: what girls and young women think about politics; Melinda French Gates recently committed $1 billion to Pivotal Ventures, an incubator with the aim of uplifting women; Ranked-choice voting and nonpartisan open seat primaries have been successful in Alaska; and more.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: A Record-Breaking Number of Women Are Running for Governor

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!

This week: the Democratic party has nominated more women of color than the Republican party; 25 women are running for governor in the upcoming midterms; women leaders in Malaysia—which ranks 142nd for women’s representation—have called for the introduction of gender quotas for political parties; and more.

The Best and Worst States for Gender Parity—and What Works to Increase It

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: the best and worst states for women’s representation and gender parity; what’s working around the globe to increase percentages of women in office; the presence of women artists at MoMA; the vital connection between the work for gender equity and the work to address climate change; and more.

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: The 174th Anniversary of Seneca Falls Convention; The GOP Is Failing Millennial Moms

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: the 174th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention; coalition-building is how we advance women’s representation; the status of women’s representation in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine; the GOP is failing millennial moms; and more.

There’s a Simple Solution to Elect More Women and Eliminate Partisan Gerrymandering

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: how proportional ranked-choice voting would eliminate gerrymandering; the U.S. ranks 27th in women’s equality; women gain seats in Japan’s House, surpassing U.S. House; flooding, heat waves and economic insecurity threaten women’s lives in particular; and more.