Yes, more women are running for office in the Federal Election – but not in winnable seats • WOMEN FOR ELECTION

1.0WOMEN FOR ELECTIONhttps://wfea.org.auYes, more women are running for office in the Federal Election – but not in winnable seats • WOMEN FOR ELECTIONrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PuowQZ3fbK"><a href="https://wfea.org.au/yes-more-women-are-running-for-office-in-the-federal-election-but-not-in-winnable-seats/">Yes, more women are running for office in the Federal Election – but not in winnable seats</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wfea.org.au/yes-more-women-are-running-for-office-in-the-federal-election-but-not-in-winnable-seats/embed/#?secret=PuowQZ3fbK" width="600" height="338" title="“Yes, more women are running for office in the Federal Election – but not in winnable seats” — WOMEN FOR ELECTION" data-secret="PuowQZ3fbK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> /wp-content/uploads/2022/05/WFE-Women-for-Election-Women-Running-for-Office-Federal-Election-2022.png1000560It’s exciting to see that a record-breaking number of women are running in this Federal Election, but the numbers mask the real story – according to new research from ANU, just two in 10 female candidates are contesting winnable seats. Male candidates are overwhelmingly more likely to be up for election in safe, winnable seats....