While women remain significantly underrepresented in government, there is at least one adjacent field in which they have achieved gender parity in leadership: the universe of democracy reform and bridge-building organizations.
In its 2021 Diversity Report, the Bridge Alliance found that half of the executives leading its 100 member organizations are women. (Disclosure: The Fulcrum is a program within the Bridge Alliance, which brings together organizations working toward a healthy democracy.)
To mark Women’s History Month, The Fulcrum is spotlighting just some of the women leading these organizations.
Wendy Willis
Executive Director, Kitchen Table Democracy
"Like so many of my friends in this feature, I chose this work because I believe in the promise of democracy. I believe that democracy has an ember at the heart of it that can ignite more justice, more solidarity, more joy. All we have to do is blow on it."