The Data on Women Leaders
Key trends and data on women in top U.S. political, business and higher education positions.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Key trends and data on women in top U.S. political, business and higher education positions.
Overall, 57 Black women – among a total of 106 women of color – have ever been elected to the national legislature.
For the most part, Americans don’t think a woman president would do better or worse than a man when it comes to key leadership traits or the handling of various policy areas. At the same time, the public sees differences in the way men and women running for higher office are treated by the media.
Nearly two-thirds of the federal judges President Joe Biden has appointed so far are women, and the same share are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
Women make up 28% of all members of the 118th Congress, a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.
Just 13 UN member countries are currently led by women; in 9 of those 13, the current leader is the country’s first woman head of government.
When Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s term ends in May, only one woman will serve as head of government anywhere in Asia, excluding the Pacific Islands.
The U.S. abortion rate has generally declined since the 1980s, but there have been slight upticks in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
Six-in-ten U.S. adults say being a man helps a lot or a little when it comes to a person’s ability to get ahead in the U.S., compared with 14% who say it hurts
More Black Americans say health outcomes for Black people in the United States have improved over the past 20 years than say outcomes have worsened.
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