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NEW Leadership Texas

Texas State Representative of House District 75 Mary González delivered the keynote address at this year's conference

The Future is Female: Young Women Inspired to take on NEW Leadership™ Roles

July 5, 2018 by Rachel White

With more running for political office than ever before, women have moved beyond breaking ceilings and on to breaking records. But there’s still more work to be done. This year, more than 2,500 women filed for national- or state-level candidacy in a bi-partisan effort to increase female representation in politics nationwide, where women currently hold […]

A stylized illustration of a woman in a car driving off of an unfinished highway. A single orange cone stands in her way.

The Road to Gender Equity: Still Under Construction

November 21, 2014 by Jessica Sinn

Christine Williams has heard her share of conflicting arguments about gender equality in the sociology course she’s taught for more than two decades at The University of Texas at Austin. But there is always one question that gives her pause: “Women have achieved equality, so why is feminism relevant?” “I’m always taken aback when students […]

2 women from the New Leadership group

Leadership Program Aims to Bridge Political Ambition Gap

October 20, 2014 by Jessica Sinn

Women have come a long way since the mid-20th century. They’re surpassing men in college enrollment, in voting booths and in the general U.S. population. Yet while women have been making great strides in the past few decades, they still have a long way to go in the political sphere. Currently, women hold just 18 percent […]

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