Interested applicants can request a full job description by emailing Moire Carmody at mcarmody@barbaralee.com

Political Parity is a nonpartisan initiative that strives to double the number of women at the highest levels of US government by 2022. Political Parity has brought together 50 female political thought leaders in an unprecedented collaboration to accelerate major political change. Barbara Lee is a member of the leadership team of this large field of passionate, dedicated, and skilled activists.

Candidates should have five to eight years experience in communications, including strategic planning and implementation, message development, media relations, event organization and promotion, and new media tactics in politics and non-profit or political organizations. The ideal candidate has experience working on political campaigns or in non-profit organizations and a broad base of communications skills. Candidates should have exceptional oral and written communication skills including a portfolio of published work and a proven ability to pitch news stories, and a demonstrated interest in women’s political participation.

Interested applicants can request a full job description by emailing Moire Carmody at mcarmody@barbaralee.com

October 20, 2011, The New York Times

Women in both parties are often more reluctant candidates, said several female senators, and those who advise them. “Men who have the slightly relevant experience will jump in without a second thought,” said Barbara Lee, president of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, which works to engage women in politics. “Women need to be recruited and asked multiple times by multiple people in order to consider running.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/us/politics/women-could-have-banner-year-in-2012-election.html

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July 26, 2011, The Hill

When Hillary Clinton announced her 2008 presidential bid, she spoke of the future, of “bold but practical changes” and renewing “the promise of America.” Of her biography, she said that she was from “a middle-class family in the middle of America.” But except for a lone mention of having been first lady and a genderless allusion to “breaking barriers,” Clinton’s announcement could just as well have been delivered by a man.

Read more: http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/173691-a-new-playbook-for-female-candidates-

July 26, 2011, ElectWomen Magazine

When Barbara Lee began her research to study the relationship between gender and campaigns for women governors, it was 1998 and there was clear data showing that female candidates held a distinct disadvantage.  Not so now, says Barbara Lee, after studying women’s gubernatorial campaigns for 12 years.  She now believes 2010 was a turning point.

Read more:  http://electwomen.com/2011/07/26/no-longer-a-disadvantage-to-being-a-women-candidate/

July 22, 2011, The Huffington Post

One of the best parts of summer — with its quiet weekends and long hours of daylight — is catching up on the reading I’ve missed. Are you still looking for books to take with you on summer vacation? From my bookshelf to yours, here are a few of my favorites.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-lee/summer-reading_2_b_907163.html

July 06, 2011, Death and Taxes Magazine

Female politicians are breaking glass ceilings left, right and center.

Michele Bachmann, for example, appears to be the frontrunner for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. And Hillary Clinton came this close to nabbing her party’s nod back in 2008, while four women won their gubernatorial races in 2010, bringing the national total for female governors to six.

But just because women are climbing the electoral ranks doesn’t mean voters treat them equally.

Read more: http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/113778/how-voters-judge-women-politicians/