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There’s a gender gap in political science. Our series examines the problem — and looks at some solutions.

Monkey Cage, The Washington Post

In the past two years, gender inequality has repeatedly made headlines. Consider a few examples from this summer. Since the Women’s World Cup, the U.S. women’s national team has been fighting for equal pay and equal working conditions. A Google employee shared a memo in which she accused the company of pregnancy discrimination and retaliation after she reported it. The management consulting firm McKinsey & Company released a study of women in the workplace that argues that progress on gender diversity isn’t slow — “it’s stalled.” Women — especially women of color — remain underrepresented in the corporate workforce, from entry-level positions all the way up to the C-suite…