Who Runs the World? Women Mayors.
In January 2020, the Women Mayors Network was launched as a part of the Mayors Innovation Project at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The network is an impressive sisterhood that provides a safe space for women mayors where they can speak candidly, learn from each other and gain the skills necessary to succeed—especially for women in leadership roles.
As managing director Katya Spear told Ms., “We are part of a national learning network for mayors committed to shared prosperity, environmental sustainability and efficient democratic government. For women mayors, the focus is on intersectional policy issues related to race, gender, reproductive justice and more recently on the rise of political violence.”
Read the full article at: https://msmagazine.com/2024/02/13/usa-women-mayors-politics/?omhide=true&utm_medium=email&utm_source=everyaction&emci=69b29db5-64cb-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=c8b1dfc9-8ccb-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=398828
As St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones told Ms., “Men run for office to be somebody; women run to do something.” More and more, women serving as mayors are part of the feminist frontline for advancing equal rights and are leaders on issues of concern to women voters. As seen throughout history, women mayors focus on feminist issues that many tend to overlook. Let’s bring intersectional issues to the forefront, and elect more women mayors to push forward our agenda.