At the first Great Decisions session sponsored by the League of Women Voters-Williamsburg area on Tuesday, keynote speaker Samantha Custer, the director of policy analysis at AidData, the ...

Speakers at an event today urged the government to make immediate legal reforms to ensure six months of paid maternity leave for all women, eliminating disparities between the government ...

A local icon. A symbol of San Francisco politics. A Speaker emerita. A matriarch. A badass. So when retired Chronicle librarian Bill Van Niekerken found 1972 photos of the former Speaker of the House ...

Despite progress, many women still face invisible barriers that ... senior-level leadership roles remains disproportionately low, speakers said at an event yesterday. For all latest news, follow ...

LAHORE: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker of the National Assembly on Friday, highlighted the pressing issues faced by women, minorities, and the younger generation in the region during his special ...

Martin’s election also marks a shift in DNC leadership. Since 2011, the role has been held by women and/or people of color. He is the first white man to lead the committee since Senator Tim Kaine.

This past weekend, Democratic leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., to elect new leadership for the Democratic National Committee ... 84-year-old former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, voted against ...

Over 350 women’s rights organisations under the auspice of Womanifesto, yesterday paid a courtesy visit to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Lasbat Mojisola Meranda.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling became the first woman in Virginia allowed by political leaders to vote remotely ...

Support is growing for the new speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Lasbat Mojisola Meranda. This time, Womanifesto, a coalition of more than 350 women’s rights organisations, advocates and ...

Delaware’s newest member of Congress is its first-ever openly transgender member. Why doesn’t she talk about it more?